Praline Bread
Recipe By : from "Voila!" (Jr League of Lafayette, LA)
- 1 cup pecans -- chopped
- 1 cup Praline Liqueur -- divided
- 1 cup butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 pound dark brown sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- cheesecloth
Marinate pecans in 1/3 cup of liqueur. Cream butter, vanilla,
and sugar
in large mixing bowl. Add eggs and milk. Sift flour, cinnamon
and baking
powder into mixture. Add pecans and liqueur.
Pour into 2 greased
5x9-inch loaf pans. Bake in preheated 300F oven 60-70 minutes.
Cool and wrap in cheesecloth, then poke holes in top of bread
with wooden
pick. Pour 1/3 cup liqueur over each loaf. Wrap in foil or in
air-tight
tin. Age 3 days in refrigerator. (2 loaves)