Recipe For Cooking Peach-Nut Holiday Bread

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Peach-Nut Holiday Bread

Bake in convenient foil bread pans for gift-giving.

2 C. flour
2/3 C. sugar
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tea. salt
1 (16 oz.) can peach slices (syrup pack)
2 eggs
1/3 C. butter or margarine, melted
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 C. chopped walnuts
2 Tbsp. peach preserves (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease four 5 1/2 x 3 x 2-in. bread pans or one 9 x 5 x 3-in. bread pan, set aside.

In a lrg. bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, set aside. Drain peaches, reserving 1/4 C. syrup.

In blender container or food processor bowl combine reserved peach syrup, eggs, butter or margarine and lemon juice. Cover; blend or process until smooth. Add peaches. Cover; blend or process just until peaches are chopped. Pour peach mixture over flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in 1/2 C. nuts. Turn into prepared pan(s). Sprinkle with nuts. Bake for 30 to 35 min. for sm. loaves or 55 to 60 min. for lrg. loaf or until a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean.

Cool in pan 10 min.; remove from pan. Cool on wire rack. Spread preserves over loaves not topped with nuts.

Makes approximately 4 sm. loaves, 4 servings each or 1 lrg. loaf, 16 servings.