Wednesday, February 26, 2014

EDWARD'S GRANDMOTHER'S SOUTHERN BLUEBERRY PECAN BREAD

EDWARD'S GRANDMOTHER'S SOUTHERN BLUEBERRY PECAN BREAD

2 cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
juice and grated rind of 1 orange
2 Tablespoons butter, room temperature
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup fresh blueberries or huckleberries (you can use frozen berries, thawed) washed and dried
1 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

You can use one large or two small loaf pans, greased or lined with wax paper.

In a large bowl sift together 1 3/4 cups flour and the dry ingredients. 

In a measuring cup pour the juice and orange rind and add to the batter.  Add boiling water to make 3/4 cup.  Stir the liquid into the dry ingredients, mixing well.  In a separate bowl combine the berries, pecans and 3/4 cup flour.  Add berries and pecans to batter-taking care not to mash the berries.  Pour batter into pans.  Bake until bread is a light brown.  Test with a wooden toothpick inserted in loaf comes out clean and dry.  Remove from oven and turn pan on its side.  Carefully remove the bread out of the loaf pan.  Cook on metal rack.
 
 
TOMORROW STARTS THE POSTS OF THE FLOWER STORE I WENT TO.  JEAN TOLD ME TO PUT IT ON,  SO I DID.  IT WLL BE ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

11 comments:

New York State Of Mind said...

Good Morning Everyone,

Seeing that Elmer was in Florida, Edward thought it would be nice if we had a southern recipe on and here it is.

It is 11 degrees outside.

Marilyn

Countryside Reflections said...

This sounds delicious. Blueberries and pecans are a great combination. Thank you for sharing this Edward.

Doreen

New York State Of Mind said...

Good Morning Doreen,

Will give Edward your message. I agree, this sounds delicious.

Marilyn

Anonymous said...

Yes, this sounds especially good! Thanks for sharing+looking forward to more in the future! Y'all have a great day! Blessings, Carol

New York State Of Mind said...

Hi Carol,
I will pass your compliments on to Edward.

You have a great day, too,
Marilyn

Ellen in Oregon said...

Edward's delicious sounding recipe arrived at the perfect time for me. I have quite a lot of frozen blueberries I need to use up & this recipe sound wonderful with the orange zest & pecans, both of which are favorite flavors of mine. My younger sister & her husband have several acres of u-pick blueberries on their farm, so I am never without a freezer filled with them & constantly looking for new ways to use them. I will send my Sister Edward's recipe so she can also try it for her family.
I was wondering if I could also try using cranberries in place of blueberries in equal amounts. I wonder if Edward thinks cranberries would work well in this recipe? it is always nice to find a good recipe that can be made with a variety of fruit.
Please thank Edward for this nice recipe. I will be baking a few loaves this weekend & I know everyone will enjoy this bread.
Marilyn, I hope you & Pierre are staying warm during this latest round of fiercely cold weather.Spring will have to start showing some signs of beginning soon. When I lived near Albany, I remember a couple of years when there was snow on the ground for Easter. I hope your snow is totally gone well before Easter this year.
Congratulations on being hired to your part time job. While it leaves you very busy, I hope you enjoy your job. Pierre will probably be anxiously waiting for to come home on the days you work.
Take care - Ellen

annie said...

this sounds wonderful, I will put it in my recipe book! we used to pick huckleberries up on hanging rock. it is a huge cliff in the national forest that juts out into the sky over a rushing creek below, 5 or 6 stories high, we stopping picking them after running upon a rattlers nest there one year. now we buy our berries at the market. thanks to Edward for sharing, his grandmother must have been a wonderful cook.

New York State Of Mind said...

Hello Ellen,

Gave a call to Edward. Edward and Jean had a discussion and said yes you can use cranberries. Jean said you might want to add a little more sugar with the cranberries. I read Edward all the compliments he received and he is thrilled. He didn't think his recipe would be such a hit.

I hope it is warmer here by Easter, too. Of course, I remember one year we had snow in May. Hope we don't have that again.

Thank you for the compliments on my job. It's part-time so Pierre isn't alone very long, but every time I am out, Pierre thinks it's too long.

When you make these, why don't you take a picture when they are done? Then I can put it on here so others can see what they look like.

You take care, too,
Marilyn and Pierre

New York State Of Mind said...

Hi Annie,

Thank you for telling us about your huckleberries. I never had them.

From what Edward has said, his grandmother was a great cook. Glad she gave them to Edward.

Marilyn

Evie said...

This is nice to have a recipe from Edward
Thank you Edward. I enjoy blueberry and pecan muffins so I am sure I would like your cake

Look forward to your post when you are able


Evie

New York State Of Mind said...

Hi Evie,
Thank you so much. I will see that Edward gets your compliments.

Marilyn