Ingredients
1 1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp mace
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 cup quaker oats, uncooked - (quick or o, ld-fashioned)
1 1/3 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Directions
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and spices into bowl. Stir in
sugar, pecans and oats. Add remaining ingredients; stir only until
dry ingredients are moistened. Pour batter into 3 greased empty cans,
about 2 cup capacity.
Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 F.) about 50 minutes. Loosen
edges; remove from cans immediately; cool thoroughly. Wrap cooled
bread and store one day before slicing.
NOTE: For variety, use 1 cup chopped pitted dates or prunes in place
of pecans in above recipe.
Source: Our Favorites for family and friends Reprinted with
permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of
Karen Mintzias
Servings: 3 loaves
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Categories: Nut; Pecan
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We hope you enjoy this Pecan Loaves recipe.
