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Aunt Cathryn's Pecan Bread

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups spelt flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 3/4 cups low-fat buttermilk
• 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 tsp almond extract

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 450 F.
2. Lightly flour a baking sheet.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together the spelt flour, baking soda, salt and sugar.
4. Stir in the pecans.
5. In a medium bowl, stir together the buttermilk and extracts.
6. Add the wet ingredients to the dry mixture and give it a quick stir just to combine-don't overmix.
7. Turn the dough out onto the baking sheet and form it into a ball.
8. Flip it over.
9. Cut an X across the top of the dough, about 1/4 inch deep and slightly deeper in the middle.
10. Bake for 15 minutes.
11. Lower the temperature to 400 F and bake for another 25 minutes, or until golden brown.
12. Transfer to a rack and allow to cool completely.

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