what's cooking wednesday - maple pecan bread

Abby loves loves loves her pancakes. So when I stumbled across this recipe in one of my cookbooks I just knew I had to try it.



Maple Pecan Bread

1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup maple syrup
2 eggs
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup of milk
3/4 cup chopped pecans

Cream shortening and syrup together. Add eggs and mix well. Mix in the nuts and the dry ingredients. Pour into a greased 5x9 inch loaf pan or two 3x7 inch loaf pans and bake for 40 - 60 minutes at 350F

Recipe Notes: Well Abby just loved these. They have a very subtle pancake type flavour. I did make some changes. I used butter because I was out of shortening. Also after I had everything in the bowl I realized Michael had drained the milk jug, so I used water. Oh and I skipped the pecans because y'all know how I feel about nuts in the baking. And finally, I made muffins (baked them for 20 minutes at 350F). These will be on the lunch treat rotation.

Picture was taken with my phone, so I apologize for the quality, but it is late and the blogmother's sleep was all messed up last night. I is tired!




What is What's Cooking Wednesday and how can I play?

What's cooking Wednesday was born out of a desire to get out of that what's for dinner rut. Playing is easy, on Wednesday post a recipe that has been tried and tested by you and then pop over here and add your name to the Mr. Linky. When entering your name also add the name of the recipe in brackets and make sure you link to your What's Cooking Wednesday post and not just your blog's front page. *All front page links will be deleted!* Don't make me be a jerk. And don't forget to link back here, the home of What's Cooking Wednesday.

So for example I would write Shan (Speedy Chicken Stir Fry) in the name section. For the URL section I would post this: http://shanrev.blogspot.com/2007/10/whats-cooking-wednesday-speedy-chicken.html

I'll let you in on a little secret, my WCW recipes are almost never made on a Wednesday. So feel free to cook and photograph whenever you have time and join us posting on Wednesday