Bourbon Pecan Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup butter, cut into tablespoons
2 teaspoons grated orange zest
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans, divided
1 cup milk
1/2 cup Bourbon, plus
2 tablespoons Bourbon, divided
1 large egg

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350; grease& flour a 9 by 5 by 3 inch loaf pan; set aside.
In lge bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking pwdr& salt; cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly; stir in orange zest and 1 1/4 cup pecans.
Combine milk, 1/2 cup bourbon& egg, stirring well and add to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened; transfer to prepared pan, spreading evenly.
Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup pecans over top, pressing down lightly.
Bake in center of oven 50 to 60 minutes.
Cool pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; then remove from pan and cool completely.
Drizzle bread while still slightly warm with remaining 2 tbs bourbon.
This is also good topped with vanilla ice cream.