Apple Praline Bread
Start your day with a cup of coffee and a slice of apple praline bread.
Servings: 10 - 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped pecans divided
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon Rodelle vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter
- /2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups about 2 medium sized finely chopped, peeled Rainier Fruit Honeycrisp apples
Praline Topping:
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. F. Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Set aside.
- Beat sour cream, sugar, eggs and vanilla at low speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until blended.
- Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to sour cream mixture, beating just until blended. Stir in apples and 1/2 cup pecans. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9- x 5-inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup chopped pecans; lightly press pecans into batter.
- Bake at 350° for 1 hour to 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, shielding with aluminum foil after 50 minutes to prevent excessive browning only if necessary. 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.
