Pecan Topped Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

  • Pecan Topping:
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp flour
  • 1/8 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup Gurley’s Golden Recipe chopped pecans
  • 1 tbsp. melted butter
  • Batter:
  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. nutmeg
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1tsp. butter flavoring
  • 1-15oz. can pumpkin pie filling

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. In a small bowl, combine all topping ingredients and set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, sift together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add sugar, oil, eggs and buttermilk; mix well. Stir in vanilla and butter flavoring. Stir in pumpkin and pecans. Pour into 3 greased 7 x 3″ loaf pans. Sprinkle topping over batter. Bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before removing to cool on a wire rack.