🍞🌰 Sweet Alabama Pecan Bread
A rich Southern-style quick bread made with brown sugar, vanilla, and crunchy pecans—soft inside with a caramel-like flavor.
🌰 Pecan bread
🧂 Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil (or melted butter)
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- Pinch of salt
🔥 Instructions
1. Mix dry ingredients
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt
- Stir in sugars and pecans
2. Mix wet ingredients
- Beat eggs
- Add oil, milk, vanilla
- Mix well
3. Combine
- Pour wet into dry ingredients
- Stir until just combined (don’t overmix)
4. Bake
- Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F)
- Pour into greased loaf pan
- Bake 40–50 minutes
- Check with toothpick (should come out clean)
🍯 Optional toppings
- Caramel drizzle
- Powdered sugar
- Extra toasted pecans on top
🍽️ Texture & taste
- Soft, moist crumb
- Sweet caramel-like flavor
- Crunchy nutty bites
⚠️ Tips
- Don’t overmix or it becomes dense
- Toast pecans for deeper flavor
- Let it cool before slicing
🧾 Bottom line
Sweet Alabama pecan bread is a moist, nutty Southern-style dessert bread perfect with coffee or tea.
If you want, I can also give you:
- No-sugar version
- Banana pecan bread twist 🍌
- Or microwave quick version 👍
