Praline-Apple Bread

By á-47

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans, divided
• 1 (8 oz) container sour cream
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp. vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tea. baking powder
• 1/2 ta. baking soda
• 1/2 ta. salt
• 1 1/2 cups finely chopped, peeled Granny Smith apples (about 3/4 lb)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake 1/2 cup pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan 6-8 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring after 4 minutes.

Beat sour dream and next 3 ingredients at low speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until blended.

Stir together flour and next 3 ingredients. Add to sour dream mixture, beating just until blended. Stir in apples and 1/2 cup toasted pecans. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9x5 loaf pan. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup chopped pecans; lightly pre3ss pecans into batter.

Bake at 50 degrees for 1 hour to 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, shielding with aluminum foil after 50 minutes to prevent excessive browning. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack.

Bring butter and brown sugar to a boil in a 1 qt. heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat, and spoon over top of bread; let cool completely (about 1 hour)