Recipe from Southern Living magazine.
Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 cups dried apricots, chopped
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 1/4 butter or margarine, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups orange juice
Directions:
1) Combine chopped apricot and warm water to cover in a large bowl; let stand 30 minutes. Drain apricot. Stir in pecans and 1/2 cup flour; set aside.
2) Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
3) Combine remaining 3 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with orange juice, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in apricot mixture.
4) Spoon into 2 greased and floured 8- x 4-inch loafpans; let stand at room temperature 20 minutes.
5) Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire rack.