Sweet Alabama Pecanbread

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Sweet Alabama PecanBread is perfectly rich, moist, and indulgent! These dessert bars are lick-your-plate, dangerously good!

stacked squares of sweet Alabama pecan bread.

The name is a little misleading. This isn’t bread that you typically think of when you think of ‘bread’. Alabama Pecanbread is a sweet and dense dessert. It has a nice caramel flavor and full of pecans. Sweet Pecan Bread is lighter than a blondie or brownie, but denser than a cake.

If that sounds odd, it’s not. It’s actually very good and hard to stop eating once you have one bite.

Sweet Alabama pecan bread has a similar taste as these Caramel Blondies, but a slightly different texture.

Pecan bread, cut into squares.

Sweet Alabama PecanBread

Although it is a little difficult to describe what Alabama Pecanbread actually is. The closest thing I think of are ‘blondies‘ when I describe what pecan bread is. However, it may be hard to describe but it’s not hard at all to make. While I did use an electric mixer, it’s not necessary. You can use a whisk and arm power to mix it together.

Additionally, you can use any nut. Pecans are popular in the South. Almonds and walnuts would be good.

One cup oil is a lot of oil and you can reduce that to 3/4 cup if you want to. However, I don’t recommend reducing more than that.

sweet pecan dessert bars.

Ingredients for Alabama pecan bread

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  • 2 cups pecans chopped
  • 1 and 1/2 cup self-rising flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar light or dark, packed
  • 1 cup vegetable oil or canola
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

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Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly spray a 9×13 inch baking dish with non-stick spray.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, stir together sugar, brown sugar, eggs and oil mix until smooth.
  • Add flour and vanilla and mix until incorporated. Add pecans, and fold in by hand until evenly mixed.
  • Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes.
  • They’re great warm, but harder to get out of the pan without breaking with they’re warm. Serve with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
  • Store in an airtight container 5 to 7 days.
Alabama Pecan bread dessert squares.

Also, please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary based on products used.

Squares of sweet Alabama pecan bread.

Sweet Alabama Pecan Bread

Alabama Pecan bread is perfectly rich, moist, and indulgent! These sweet pecan dessert bars are dangerously good!
Author: Paula
5 from 21 votes
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 16 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly spray a 9×13 inch baking dish with non-stick spray.

  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, stir together sugar, brown sugar, eggs and oil mix until smooth.

  • Add flour and vanilla and mix until incorporated. Add pecans, and fold in by hand until evenly mixed.

  • Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes.

  • They're great warm, but harder to get out of the pan without breaking with they're warm. Serve with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
  • Store in an airtight container 5 to 7 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 61mg | Potassium: 100mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 85IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 0.8mg

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.

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33 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    I made this dur6the holidays and handed it out as gifts. Everyone loved it! It freezes very well.

  2. 5 stars
    This is amazing! Just make sure to toast your pecans, it enhances the pecan flavor

  3. 5 stars
    These bars are perfection! I just want to reach through the screen and grab one (but I’ll bake them instead!).

  4. Is it supposed to be a little gooey! Mine was well done around the edges but the middle almost tasted under baked even though a golden brown on top and bottom.

    1. Here is some info on substituting.
      โ€œThere are some cases in which you can substitute the same amount of self-rising flour for the amount of all-purpose flour called for in a recipe. If a recipe calls for ยฝ teaspoon to 1 teaspoon of baking powder per 1 cup of all-purpose flour, itโ€™s safe to swap in self-rising flour. Just keep in mind to omit the baking powder and salt from the recipe if itโ€™s ยผ teaspoon of salt per cup of flour; however, youโ€™ll need to add more of these ingredients to compensate if the proportions are greater than self-rising flour. For example, this Blueberry-Peach Upside Down Cake calls specifically for 1 cup all-purpose flour and 1 teaspoon baking powder. In this case, you can safely replace the flour and baking powder with self-rising flour. Note that there is already about ยผ teaspoon of salt per cup of self-rising flour, so youโ€™ll need to cut the salt as well.

      This can go in the other direction too. If a recipe, like these Country Fried Beef Biscuit Sliders, specifically calls for self-rising flour, youโ€™ll want to make sure youโ€™re using the right kind. If you donโ€™t have self-rising on hand, you can make your own self-rising flour by combining 1 cup of all-purpose flour with 1 ยฝ teaspoons baking powder and one scant 1/2 teaspoon of table salt. Just whisk together and get to cooking.โ€

  5. Is there a way to make this diabetic friendly? I would love to make this for company that is coming, but it needs to be diabetic friendly. They are coming this week, so would appreciate a quick response, if possible.

    Thanks,

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