Title: Pesto Bread with Cheese and Pine Nuts
Categories: Breads
Yield: 8 Servings

2 Eggs
3 tb Sugar
1/3 c Oil
3/4 c Cream
2 c Self-rising flour
1/2 ts Baking powder
1 1/2 ts Sweet basil flakes
1/3 c Parmesan cheese; grated
1/4 c Pine nuts; lightly toasted

Beat together first 4 ingredients until blended. Combine and add the next 4
ingredients and stir until dry ingredients are blended. Do not overmix.
Stir in the pine nuts. Spread batter into a greased 8x4" loaf pan, place
pan on a cookie sheet, and bake in a 350~ oven for about 45 minutes or
until a cake tester, inserted in center, comes out clean. Allow to cool in
pan for 15 minutes, and then remove from pan and continue cooling on a
rack. Use a serrated bread knife to cut into slices. Serve warm with sweet
whipped butter. Yields 1 loaf.

NOTE: If you use all-purpose flour, then increase baking powder to 3 tsp.
and add a pinch of salt.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #805 by Nancy Berry on
Sep 25, 1997