Candy Cane Christmas Bread

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1 egg
1/2 cup milk

Powdered Sugar Icing:
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk

Instructions:

To make icing:

1. In a small bowl, add powdered sugar and drizzle in milk until mixture is thick and creamy

To make candy canes:

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt.
3. Cut in butter until flour resembles coarse meal.
4. Stir in pecans.
5. In a separate bowl, beat eggs and milk until smooth.
6. Add egg mixture to flour mixture and mix until blended.
7. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured board and form into rectangle.
8. Cut dough across into 1-inch wide strips.
9. Hold both ends of dough and twist each strip. Carefully bend one end so the overall shape resembles a candy cane.
10. Place candy canes on greased cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Frost with icing.

Submitted By :

Catherine F

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