Spicy Peach Nut Bread

Submitted by Leslie in Texas

"This was on the back of a Pillsbury flour bag and was a winner of the 26th Bake-Off, 17 years ago! It's easy to put together and is really delicious!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 1 loaf

ingredients

• Bread

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 (16 ounce) can peach slices, drained (or apricot halves, reserve syrup)
• 1⁄2 cup reserved peach syrup
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 cup raisins (optional)

• glaze

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract

directions

1. Generously grease and flour a 9x5 or 8x4 inch loaf pan with solid shortening.
2. In large bowl, blend all bread ingredients at low speed with an electric mixer, until moistened.
3. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally.
4. Stir pecans and raisins into batter.
5. Pour batter into prepared pan.
6. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 60-70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. Immediately remove from pan and cool completely.
8. Glaze: mix all glaze ingredients together, thinning with a little more milk to get the desired consistancy; drizzle over completely cooled peach bread.
9. Wrap tightly and store in the refrigerator.