Bourbon Pecan Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 cup butter, cut into tablespoons
• 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans, divided
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup bourbon, plus
• 2 tablespoons bourbon, divided
• 1 large egg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350; grease& flour a 9 by 5 by 3 inch loaf pan; set aside.
• 2 in lge bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking pwdr& salt; cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly; stir in orange zest and 1 1/4 cup pecans.
• 3 combine milk, 1/2 cup bourbon& egg, stirring well and add to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened; transfer to prepared pan, spreading evenly.
• 4 sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup pecans over top, pressing down lightly.
• 5 bake in center of oven 50 to 60 minutes.
• 6 cool pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; then remove from pan and cool completely.
• 7 drizzle bread while still slightly warm with remaining 2 tbs bourbon.
• 8 this is also good topped with vanilla ice cream.