Easy Southern Peach Bread

Easy Southern Peach Bread is as delicious as it sounds. Think of the best banana bread you have ever had and substitute fresh last-of-the-summer juicy peaches and crunchy pecans for the bananas, and you should be able to imagine just how delicious this bread is.

A surprise ingredient, sour cream, keeps Easy Southern Peach Bread moist and tender, and it’s perfect for breakfast, brunch or even a snack.

Our good friends Mike and Martha recently returned from North Carolina and brought us some wonderful juicy Georgia peaches, and I couldn’t wait to make something with them. I thought about making a peach cobbler or a peach pie, and or even some heavenly peach ice cream, but Hurricane Irma is headed our way, and I’m pretty sure we will be without power for several days at the very least. I needed to come up with something really simple to make and even easier to eat. I thought that this luscious peach bread would be perfect since it doesn’t require any refrigeration and you don’t really even need silverware or a plate.

This recipe for Easy Southern Fresh Peach Bread is quick and easy and only takes one bowl.  You don’t even have to pull out your electric mixer because everything can be mixed by hand. I did use my food processor to puree the peaches, but I could have just as easily chopped them up, and the bread would still be fabulous.

If you love peaches like I do, you might also like these recipes: Homemade Peach and Blackberry Crumble, Grilled Chicken with Peach Glaze and Summer Fruit Salad with Orange Syrup. 

The ingredients for Easy Southern Fresh Peach Bread include fresh or frozen peaches, sugar, all-purpose flour, vegetable oil, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, baking soda and kosher salt.

To make Easy Southern Peach Bread, first, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Use a non-stick baking spray with flour to grease the bottom of a large loaf pan. Do not grease the sides of the pan. Or, you could grease the bottom with butter and then sprinkle a small amount of flour on the butter. Tap the pan on the counter to evenly distribute the flour and pour out any excess.

Add the sugar and oil to a large bowl and mix well.

Add the sour cream, peach puree or chopped peaches, and vanilla, mix well. Add the flour, baking soda and salt to the mixture a little at a time and mix well. Add the pecans and mix well to combine.

Pour into a prepared loaf pan and bake for 50-55 minutes or until the sides of the cake just start to pull away from the pan, or when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean with no streaks of batter.

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Easy Southern Peach Bread Recipe

Delicious Easy Southern Peach Bread is full of fresh, last-of-the-summer, juicy peaches, crunchy pecans, and sour cream which keeps it tender and moist.

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Course

Bread, Breakfast/Brunch, Snack

Cuisine

American, Southern

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

55 minutes

Servings

8 servings MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of vegetable or coconut oil
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup finely diced peeled fresh or frozen peaches or peach puree* approximately 2 large or 3 small
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped can add a few more if you love pecans

Course Bread, Breakfast/Brunch, Snack Cuisine American, Southern Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 55 minutes Servings 8 servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 1/2 cup of vegetable or coconut oil 1 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 1 cup finely diced peeled fresh or frozen peaches or peach puree* approximately 2 large or 3 small 1/2 cup sour cream 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp kosher salt 1/2 cup pecans, chopped can add a few more if you love pecans

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Use a non-stick baking spray with flour to grease the bottom of a large loaf pan. Do not grease the sides of the pan. Or, you could grease the bottom with butter and then sprinkle a small amount of flour on the butter. Tap the pan on the counter to evenly distribute the flour and pour out any excess.
3. Add the sugar and oil to a large bowl and mix well.
4. Add the eggs, sour cream, peach puree or chopped peaches, and vanilla, mix well. Add the flour, baking soda and salt to the mixture a little at a time and mix well. Add the pecans and mix well to combine.
5. Pour into a prepared loaf pan and bake for 50-55 minutes or until the sides of the cake just start to pull away from the pan, or when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean with no streaks

Recipe Notes

• You can finely chop the peaches, or simply use your food processor to puree them. However, be careful not to over process them, you still want small pieces of peach in the puree.

Nutrition Facts

Easy Southern Peach Bread Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 300 Calories from Fat 153

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 17g 26%

Saturated Fat 4g 20%

Polyunsaturated Fat 7g

Monounsaturated Fat 5g

Cholesterol 29mg 10%

Sodium 52mg 2%

Potassium 89mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates 45g 15%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 26g

Protein 4g 8%

Vitamin A 4%

Vitamin C 35%

Calcium 2%

Iron 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.