Autumn Pear Bread
photo by Bayhill
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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3 mini loaves
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄4 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup finely chopped peeled ripe pear
directions
- Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- With a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a smaller bowl, beat eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla.
- Add to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened.
- Fold in pears.
- Spoon into 3 mini loaf pans (5x2 1/2 inches).
- Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until tests done.
- Cool in pans 10 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
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Reviews
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This is delicious bread! I made it as one loaf in a 9x5 loaf pan, and baked it for just over an hour. It is moist and so wonderful from the spices and the pears. I used more pears than called for- two large ones diced up. When mixing together, I was concerned there wasn't enough moisture, but once I added the pears at the end and mixed again, I lost my concern. The pears add enough moisture to tie everything together. I'm making another loaf tomorrow. Thank you so much for this recipe!
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Delicious! This quick and easy bread is so flavorful and moist. I made this exactly as written except that my spice measurements were "heaping", and I used 1/4 tsp. recipe #145505 instead of the nutmeg. I baked this in my stoneware mini loaf pan for approx. 40 mins.,and it made 3 nice-sized mini loaves of bread. My family loved this and gave it 2-thumbs up. Thank you for sharing this fantastic recipe...it is definitely a keeper!
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