Sour Cream Tea Loaf

By momofsixplus1

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1 8oz container sour cream
• 3 eggs beaten
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 6oz pkg dried apricots chopped (1 cup)
• 1 3oz can pecan halves chopped (1 cup)

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9x5 loaf pan.

In large bowl, mix baking powder, baking soda, 2 cups flour and 1 cup sugar. With pastry blender or two knives, cut in 1/2 cup butter or margarine ( 1 stick) until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in sour cream, eggs and vanilla just until flour is moistened. Stir in apricots and pecans.

Spoon batter into pan. In bowl with hand, combine 1/2 cup flour, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 margarine(1/2 stick) softened until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over batter.

bake 60-70 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes, remove from pan and cool completely.