Apricot Pecan Bread Recipes

APRICOT NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, cook the apricots in water until soft; drain.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Generously grease and lightly flour two 7x3x2-inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; mix well.
• Stir in butter, milk, orange juice, and egg; mix well.
• Fold in dried apricots, nuts, and orange peel.
• Spoon into prepared pans.
• Bake 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool on rack 15 minutes.
• Remove from pan.
• Cool completely.

PECAN APRICOT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients. In a bowl, beat the eggs, bananas, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until combined. Stir in apricots and pecans. Pour into two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans., Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

APRICOT, ORANGE, CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl. Beat in the orange zest and eggs, 1 at a time. Add the orange juice and milk and beat until mixed thoroughly. It will appear curdled.
• Add the flour mixture and beat until it is just moistened. Stir in the apricots, walnuts, and cranberries.
• Place baking rack in middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour five 5 3/4- by 2 1/4-inch loaf pans.
• Pour the batter into the pans. Bake for 45 minutes. Test for doneness with a toothpick - it should come out clean. Remove the bread from the pans, transfer to a wire rack, and let them cool on their sides.

PECAN AND APRICOT SOURDOUGH BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Butter an 11x14 inch baking dish, and set aside to bake the stuffing.
• Arrange sourdough bread pieces on a baking sheet. Toast the bread in preheated oven until crisp and dry, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven to cool. Increase the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion and celery; cook and stir until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in the herbes de Provence and rubbed sage, then stir in the apricots. Turn off the heat, and allow the mixture to rest.
• Toss the toasted bread and pecans together in a large bowl. Stir in the celery mixture, then season with salt and pepper. Mix in the chicken broth, one cup at a time. Stir in the egg. Transfer the stuffing to the buttered baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is browned, 30 to 35 minutes.

YUMMY APRICOT PECAN BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients. In a small bowl, beat the milk, eggs and butter; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the cheese, apricots and pecans. Spoon into 2 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Combine the topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. , Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Freeze option: Securely wrap and freeze individual cooled loaves. To use, thaw at room temperature.

CHERRY-PECAN-APRICOT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°.
• Grease a 9 X 5-inch loaf pan, line the bottom with wax paper and grease the paper.
• Beat the butter with sugar until fluffy; blend in the egg.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
• Combine the apricots, sourcream and almond extract.
• Stir the flour mixture into the sugar mixture alternately with apricot mixture.
• Fold in the nuts and cherries.
• Turn into the loaf pan and bake 50 minutes or until crust springs back when lightly poked with fingertip.
• Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes, turn out and cool completely.

GOLDEN APRICOT NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 325 F (165 C/Gas 3).
• Generously grease and flour a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan or line it with parchment paper and grease the paper.
• Pour the 3/4 cup of boiling water over apricots; let stand 15 minutes.
• In a medium bowl combine the all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir with a spoon or whisk to blend thoroughly. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar, eggs and corn syrup together until smooth and well blended. Stir in chopped apricots with water in which they were soaked and then add the chopped nuts.
• Gradually stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture; stir until blended.
• Spoon the batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted in center of the loaf comes out clean.
• Cool the apricot bread in the pan for 10 minutes.
• Run a knife all around the edge of the pan and then carefully turn the bread out. If the pan was lined with parchment paper, lift it out with the ends of the paper and carefully peel the paper off. Cool the bread completely on a rack. Slice to serve.
• Makes one large loaf of apricot nut bread. Tips and Variations