Spiced Apple Pecan Loaf With Pecan Praline Topping Food

APPLE PECAN PRALINE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Toast 1/2 cup of the pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan for 5-7 minutes.
• With an electric mixer beat together sour cream, sugars, eggs and vanilla.
• In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon and salt. Add to sour cream mixture, beating just until blended. Stir in apples and 1/2 cup toasted pecans.
• Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9×5-inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup chopped pecans; lightly press pecans into batter.
• Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cover loaf with aluminum foil after 50 minutes to prevent excessive browning. Cool in pan for 10-15 minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool completely.
• To make caramel topping, bring butter and brown sugar to a boil in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat, and spoon over top of bread; let cool completely before serving. (about 1 hour).

SPICED APPLE LOAF

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to gas 4 or 180.
• Line a 2lb loaf tin with greasproof paper.
• Peel and core the apples, cut into chunks, place in a pan and cover with water, bring to the boil and simmer until the apples are just starting to soften. Drain and add a little sugar to taste (I prefer the apples to be quite tart). Leave to one side to cool.
• Put all dry ingredients into a large bowl together and mix roughly.
• Next add all wet ingredients at same time, mix until all of the flour mixture is taken up.
• Pour into the loaf tin and cook for 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hours until browned.
• When the cake is cooked, LEAVE IT IN THE TIN until cool, then wrap in foil.
• This cake is best left until the next day to eat (if you can wait that long!).

PECAN MAPLE LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven, grease& line the base of a 9x5 loaf pan with baking/parchment paper.
• Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl.
• Cut butter into the flour and mix until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
• Add in the sugar and pecans.
• Beat eggs together with milk and lemon zest in a seperate bowl.
• Stir in maple syrup.
• Add this to the flour mixture and gently mix together.
• Do not overmix, only until all dry ingredients have become moist.
• The batter should be lumpy.
• Pour batter into pan and smooth out the surface of the batter.
• Bake in the oven for about 50-60 minutes or until cake is lightly browned.
• To make sure, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake and if it comes out clean then the cake is ready.
• Cool cake in pan for at least 10 minutes then turn out and let it cool on the rack.
• (For Icing) Sift the icing sugar into a small bowl and stir in the lemon juice to create a smooth icing.
• Drizzle over the loaf and then sprinkle the chopped pecans over the icing.
• Wait until the icing is set then slice.

PRALINE-TOPPED APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, beat sugar, sour cream, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Stir into flour mixture just until moistened. Fold in apples and 1 cup pecans., Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-55 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar; boil 1 minute. Working quickly, pour over bread. Sprinkle with remaining pecans; let stand until set.

WONDERFUL SWEET POTATOES WITH PECAN PRALINE TOPPING

Steps:

• Mix together mashed potatoes, butter, eggs, vanilla and pumpkin pie spice.
• Pour into a 9x13 baking dish.
• Mix together flour, butter, brown sugar and pecans and crumble over the top of the sweet potato mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

PECAN PRALINE TOPPING

Steps:

• Melt butter over medium heat in a small pan. Stir in brown sugar, whipping cream and vanilla.
• Cook and stir until it reaches a full boil then reduce heat and boil gently for three minutes stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat and stir in chopped pecans (and shot of rum if serving the adult version). Serve warm.

PRALINE TOPPING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat; stir in brown sugar, pecans, and nutmeg. Stir constantly and bring topping to a boil; allow to simmer until topping thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• To use as pie topping, spoon topping onto pie and broil until topping bubbles; watch carefully to avoid burning. Let pie cool before serving.
• To use as ice cream topping, just spoon warm or cooled topping over ice cream and serve.

CHOCOLATE CHIP PECAN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; butter and flour 9x5x2 1/2 inch loaf pan.
• Whisk first four ingredients in bowl to blend, add chocolate chips and pecans.
• Beat butter until fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating well until blended.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Beat in mashed bananas, lemon juice and vanilla.
• Beat in flour mixture.
• Pour into loaf pan, cook 1 hour and 5 minutes.

APPLE PECAN PRALINE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare a 9" deep-dish pie plate.
• Set oven rack to lowest position.
• Prepare pie crust.
• Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for at least 20 minutes.
• Roll out the pie dough into a 14" circle; fit into a 9" deep-dish pie pan; trim and flute the edge.
• Refrigerate the pie dough while preparing the pie ingredients.
• In a bowl, combine apples, pecans, cornstarch and cinnamon; spoon into the prepared pie shell.
• Cover completely with foil; bake for 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, while pie is baking, stir together, eggs, sugar, cornsyrup, butter and vanilla until smooth.
• After baking for 45 mins, remove the foil from the baked pie.
• Slowly pour the sugar mixture over apples.
• Bake, uncovered for 55 mins, or until top is browned, and the filling is set.
• Cool on rack.
• Garnish with Pecan halves if desired.
• Serve with whipped cream or icecream.