Orange Pecan Bread
A yummy family heirloom recipe of sweet orange bread and chopped pecans.
Servings: 1 loaf
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups white flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup candied orange peel
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1 TBS butter
- Plus additional butter for buttering loaf pan
Instructions
- In a sauce pan, warm milk to slightly above lukewarm (do not bring to a boil) on medium low heat on your stove top
- Remove sauce pan from stovetop and add butter to melt, let milk cool
- Butter 1 loaf pan
- Chop pecans
- Whisk egg
- In a large bowl add flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar
- Make a well in the dry mixture
- Pour milk, orange juice, and butter in with dry mixture; stir to combine
- Stir in chopped pecans and candied orange peel
- Pour mixture into butter loaf pan and let rest while oven is preheating
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Place loaf pan in oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until knife inserted in the center comes out clean