Apricot Bread

9 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 c. (1 lb.) dried apricots, cut in half
  • 1 c. boiling water
  • 4 Tbsp. butter
  • 1 1/2 c. sugar
  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 3 c. flour
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 1/2 c. pecans, broken in half

Directions

  1. 1
    Soak apricot halves in boiling water for 15 minutes, then cool.
  2. 2
    Cream together butter and sugar.
  3. 3
    Add eggs to creamed mixture.
  4. 4
    Add apricots and water.
  5. 5
    Sift together dry ingredients and stir into apricot creamed mixture.
  6. 6
    Stir in pecans just until blended.
  7. 7
    Bake in greased and floured pan at 325° for 1 hour or until toothpick tests clean.
  8. 8
    Glaze with apricot jam while still hot.
  9. 9
    Probably my most asked for recipe.
  10. 10
    Expensive, but worth it!

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