Boarding House Lemon Pecan Bread

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 cups butter
• 5 cups sugar
• 12 eggs
• 9 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups buttermilk
• 4 lemons (grated rind,save the juice)
• 2 oranges (grated rind)
• 2 cups pecans
• 1 1/2 cups sugar (for glaze)

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar.
• 2 beat in eggs.
• 3 add dry ingredients with buttermilk.
• 4 add lemon and orange rind and juice from 2 lemons.
• 5 chop pecans and stir into batter.
• 6 pour into 4 greased loaf pans.
• 7 bake 350 degrees for 1 1/4 hours.
• 8 glaze;.
• 9 mix remaining sugar with juice from 2 lemons.
• 10 glaze bread while warm.