Lemon pecan bread (sugar, baking, eggs, butter)

[lubby]

3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggd
2 1/4 cups sifted flour
1/3 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1 tsp grated lemon zest

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time. Beat well after each egg. Cobine flour, salt and baking soda, add to creamed mixture, alternately with buttermilk. Stir in pecans and lemon zest.

Our batter into greased and floured loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan. I use disposable aluminum pans. You might get 2 loaves out of this recipe using these loaf pans.

[lubby]

I made this yesterday and froze it for Thanksgiving. it's a delicious and easy bread to make. Makes 2 small loaves or 1 large loaf.

[Praline]

Originally Posted by lubby

I made this yesterday and froze it for Thanksgiving. it's a delicious and easy bread to make. Makes 2 small loaves or 1 large loaf.

Thanks, lubby. Is that small amount of lemon zest enough to make the bread have a lemon flavor?

[Coney]

Sounds delicious! Looks fairly easy to make too.

Great change from banana nut bread

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by lubby

I made this yesterday and froze it for Thanksgiving. it's a delicious and easy bread to make. Makes 2 small loaves or 1 large loaf.

thanks Lubby, I think I will make a couple of loaves but will add a bit more lemon. It sounds really good.

[lubby]

Originally Posted by Praline

Thanks, lubby. Is that small amount of lemon zest enough to make the bread have a lemon flavor?

I Squeeze the juice of 1/2 lemon as well. I like extra lemon flavor.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by lubby

I Squeeze the juice of 1/2 lemon as well. I like extra lemon flavor.

I am making it today. In fact we are skipping church and I am making a double recipe. I had planned on using lemon juice or extract when I realized the recipe doesn't call for any extract at all

[lubby]

let me know how you liked it

[nmnita]

I made 4 of them for the upcoming season as we will be doing some entertaining. We just sampled the small one yesterday: really good. I did a combo of lemon and lime zest and yes, used the juice from both. Because I love pretty strong flavors I might even use more next time. I will add, jesting a tsp of lemon really works the hands and arms. Certainly this will become a favorite quick bread and it is super easy.

[lubby]

Originally Posted by nmnita

I made 4 of them for the upcoming season as we will be doing some entertaining. We just sampled the small one yesterday: really good. I did a combo of lemon and lime zest and yes, used the juice from both. Because I love pretty strong flavors I might even use more next time. I will add, jesting a tsp of lemon really works the hands and arms. Certainly this will become a favorite quick bread and it is super easy.

glad you liked it and the addition of the lime sounds interesting too.