Best Pecan Vanilla Tea Bread Recipes

DATE PECAN TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Place dates in a large bowl. Combine boiling water and baking soda; pour over dates. In a small bowl, combine the flour, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg; set aside. , In another large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with date mixture. Stir in pecans. , Pour into a greased and floured 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 65-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack to cool completely. , In a small bowl, combine spread ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve with bread.

SWEDISH TEA RING WITH PECANS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in the warm water and let stand until creamy, about 15 minutes. Zest and juice the lemon; set juice aside for later use.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the yeast mixture, milk, butter, salt, sugar, eggs, lemon zest, and 2 cups of the flour. Stir until smooth and well combined. Mix in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition. When the dough has come together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and satiny; about 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume; about 1 hour.
• Punch down the dough and turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll the dough out into a rectangle approximately 12x24 inches.
• In a small bowl, mix together the cinnamon, 1/4 cup sugar and pecans; spread this mixture evenly across the dough. Roll the dough into a long roll and press the seam closed. With the seam turned downward, seal the two ends together to make a ring. Use a little water to help you seal the ends.
• Place the ring on a lightly greased cookie pan. Using a sharp knife or kitchen shears, make cuts every inch or so along the ring, cutting only three quarters of the way through. Twist each piece slightly so that the rolls fan out from the center of the ring. Cover the roll with greased plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until nearly doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove the ring from the oven, place on a rack to cool.
• Place the lemon juice in a small bowl along with the vanilla. Add 1/4 cup of powdered sugar and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Continue adding powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the mixture is fairly thick but still pourable. Drizzle the lemon-sugar topping over the ring.

BUTTER PECAN TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F.
• Grease and flour a 9x5x3" loaf pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar.
• Stir in the pecans.
• In another bowl, combine the egg, buttermilk, and melted butter; blend well.
• Add to the flour mixture gradually; stir just until moistened.
• Do not overmix.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan; bake at 350*F.
• for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick tests out done.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan before inverting; cool completely.

BUTTERSCOTCH PECAN TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Lazy way: put everything into a bread machine according to manufacturer's directions, and use the Quickbread cycle! (Mine works quite well.).
• Real way: Beat the egg. Add the sugar gradually, continually beating.
• Add the butter and blend.
• Add the dry ingreidents alternately with the buttermilk, and blend well until mixed.
• Add the nuts.
• Pour into a buttered loaf pan (book recommends 8 1/2 x 2 3/4, I think 9 x 4 would work too) and bake at 350F for 35-40 minutes.

PECAN SHORTBREAD TEA CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Roll into 1-in. balls; place in greased miniature muffin cups. Lightly press a pecan half into the center of each. Bake until edges are lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. , For caramel glaze, combine brown sugar, milk and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; cool 5 minutes. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar and brandy. Drizzle over cookies.

ORANGE PECAN TEA BREAD

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350.
• spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.
• combine flour and the next 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
• make a well in center.
• combine sugar and the next 7 ingredients and whisk into the dry ingredients.
• pour into the loaf pan.
• bake 45 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• cool on a wire rack.
• mix oj and powdered sugar and drizzle over loaf, garnish with toasted pecans.

PECAN CHERRY BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in pecans, cherries and vanilla. , Pour into a greased and floured 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 65-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.