Nut Bread

Nut Bread

Deep breath.

Here I am, again. Avoiding work.

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Nut Bread (Joy of Cooking)

Combine: 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup sugar or packed brown sugar (I used dark brown), 2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt.

Beat in: 1 large egg, 1 cup milk, 2 tablespoons melted butter (I used olive oil), and (1/2 teaspoon vanilla)—why was vanilla parenthetical text?

I was out of vanilla, anyway.

Fold in: 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans (I used both).

Bake at 350 degrees in a loaf pan for about 40 minutes.

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"Do you want to try some of the nut bread before we watch Voyager?" I asked.

I had it all planned out—in my head. A slice of nut bread—because it was perfectly cooled and we hadn't so much as sliced a peek or nibble. Then we'd close the lights in the kitchen and sit down to two episodes of Voyager.

And so it went.

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It needs the parenthetical text, the aforementioned vanilla.