Apricot Nut Bread Old
From rosemaryblue 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 10
This is a great bread for Christmas and the holidays, especially. My mother made it every Christmas. It is so good plain or spread with cream cheese. And of course, a hot, steamin' cuppa coffee! :)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup dried apricots shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter shopping list
- 1/3 cup orange juice shopping list
- 2 cups sifted flour shopping list
- 3 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon soda shopping list
- 3/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped shopping list
How to make it
- *Soak apricots in hot water to cover for 30 minutes
- After soaking, chop the apricots
- *I have made this bread without doing the above, just snipping the apricots with kitchen scissors
- In large bowl, whisk sugar and egg together
- Add melted butter
- Add orange juice
- In another bowl, whisk dry ingredients together
- Mix wet ingredients and dry ingredients together
- Add apricots and nuts to batter
- Pour into a greased loaf pan and cook at 350 degrees for about an hour.....check with toothpick in center, and when it comes out clean, it is done
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This has been one of my favorites for years. I found the recipe in my Better Crocker cookbook, the first one I ever owned! I made it today, after seeing it on the site and being reminded of it. I add the zest of one orange and I also make it in mi...more
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