"Totally surprised my husband by throwing this together and we were both super-pleased. Only had 2 beef bones (not nearly enough for the amount of stock), so about 3 hours into the stock-making I added some veggie stock, chicken stock, and aminos to make sure there would be enough flavor. Also didn't have anise so that was omitted. True, the stock "

"A favorite, both in my household and as a gift -- always get asked for the recipe. It makes one huge loaf, or I prefer to divide to two slightly smaller loaves and freeze one for later. The recipe is luxuriously moist, and it's even better with an extra banana.

"Love this recipe. I find that it needs a bit more pecans (2 cups) and I like to use both halves and chopped to give the pralines more "fill".