Free Recipes For Me

Whenever we are invited over to someone else’s home, I like to take a little something homebaked as a hostess gift with me. One of my favorites is a delicious peach bread. You can make it with fresh, canned and even frozen peaches. The outcome makes a great breakfast treat. Enjoy it with a little butter and peach preserves, or try making French toast with it… you won’t believe the flavor with the peaches in the bread.

Peach Bread

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 1/4 cups pureed peaches
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 tsp. cinnamon

Cream together the sugar and shortening, followed by the eggs, mixing thoroughly after each one. Add the peach puree and the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Add the vanilla and chopped nuts, blending carefully until blended. Pour these into two greased and floured bread pans. Bake for 55 minutes to an hour in 325F oven. Allow the bread to cool for several minutes before removing from the pans, and then cool completely before slicing.