Apple Praline Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups peeled and chopped tart apples
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium mixing bowl.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, sour cream, eggs, and vanilla.
• 3 mix with an electric mixer on low speed until well blended.
• 4 beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• 5 add flour mixture, to creamed mixture, beating on low speed until blended.
• 6 stir in apples and 1/2 cup of pecans.
• 7 spread batter into a greased 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• 8 sprinkle with remaining pecans; press lightly into batter.
• 9 bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes or until tests done.
• 10 may need to cover bread loosely with foil the last 10 minutes of baking to prevent overbrowning.
• 11 cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 12 remove bread from pan.
• 13 in a small saucepan, add butter and brown sugar.
• 14 stir over medium heat until mixture begins to boil.
• 15 reduce heat and boil gently for 1 minute.
• 16 drizzle brown sugar mixture over top of bread; cool.