Molasses-Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 egg
1/2 c. molasses
1/3 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
1 1/2 tsp. grated lemon rind
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 c. buttermilk
1/2 c. chopped pecans

Preparation

Combine
egg,
molasses,
sugar,
butter
or
margarine, lemon rind and lemon juice
in
a
large
mixing
bowl, beating well. Combine flour, baking powder,
soda and salt; add to egg mixture alternately with
buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Mix well
after each addition.
Stir in pecans. Spoon batter in a greased and
floured
8
1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3-inch loaf pan, and bake at 350\u00b0
for
50
to
55
minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove loaf from
pan and let cook completely.
Yields 1 loaf.