Apricot Pecan Bread

4 egg whites
⅔ cups water
½ cup orange juice
¼ cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
¾ cups uncooked oat bran
½ cup chopped dried apricots
1¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup brown sugar; firmly packed
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup Pecan Valley Pecan Pieces

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. In a bowl, combine the egg whites, water, orange juice, oil and vanilla. Stir in oat bran and apricots.
3. Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder and soda. Stir into apricot mixture just until moistened. Fold in nuts. Pour into a greased 8-inch-by-4-inch-by-2 loaf pan.
4. Bake in a preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack.