Yield: 3 Loaves
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
1½ cup | Sifted all-purpose flour |
1 tablespoon | Baking powder |
1 teaspoon | Salt |
½ teaspoon | Mace |
½ teaspoon | Nutmeg |
¾ cup | Brown sugar, firmly packed |
1 cup | Chopped pecans |
1½ cup | Quaker Oats, uncooked (quick or old-fashioned) |
1⅓ cup | Milk |
1 \N | Egg; beaten |
¼ cup | Vegetable oil |
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.
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