The Farmer Family Cookbook

< Picture 1 of 1 >

I like to bake this bread to use some of the 25 yummy pounds of pecans Lon's granddad sends us for Christmas every year. Anyone want some pecans?

Ingredients

• .750.375 cup butter, softened
• 84 oz cream cheese, softened
• 21 cups sugar
• 21 eggs
• 1.50.75 cups mashed bananas
• .50.25 tsp vanilla
• 31.5 cups flour
• .50.25 tsp baking powder
• .50.25 tsp baking soda
• .50.25 tsp salt
• 21 cups chopped pecans, divided

Orange Glaze:

• 10.5 cup powdered sugar
• 31.5 tbsp orange juice
• 10.5 tsp grated orange peel

Steps

1. In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add bananas and vanilla, mix well. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Fold in 1 cup pecans.
2. Transfer to 2 greased loaf pans. Sprinkle with the remaining pecans. Bake at 350F for 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
3. In a small bowl, whisk the glaze ingredients. Drizzle over loaves. Cool for ten minutes before removing from pans and placing on wire racks.