Recipe: Peach and Pecan Bread

Peach and Pecan Bread
rec.food.cooking/Dimitri (2001)

These loaves of bread make nice gifts and also may be frozen.

3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 cups pureed fresh peaches or 1 large can peaches, unsweetened, pureed
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup finely chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Mix sugar and shortening. Add eggs and mix thoroughly. Add sifted dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in pureed peaches, vanilla and nuts.

Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9x5 inch loaf pans.

Bake for 55 minutes or until top is golden and springs back when touched with fingers. (If bread is browning too fast, cover loaf pan lightly with foil.) Cool for a few minutes on rack before removing from pan and then finish cooling on rack.