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Pear Cardamom Bread
"Wrap this in fancy plastic wrap and give it to the ones you love--or, just eat it yourself and enjoy."
photo by Outta Here
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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1 loaf
ingredients
- 1 2⁄3 cups flour
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped unpeeled pears (1-2)
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- 1⁄4 cup milk
- 2 eggs
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topping
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cardamom
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F; grease bottom of loaf pan.
- Mix all ingredients, except topping, in a large bowl.
- Pour into loaf pan. Mix topping ingredients and sprinkle on top.
- Bake 55-65 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean cool 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely, 1 hour.
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Reviews
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Excellent! The smell of this bread baking is so tempting - rich cardamom scent wafts through the air. The bread is very moist from the pear - the flavor of which is very pronounced. The little chunks of pear get so tender and are well complimented by the cardamom. This was delicious. NOTE: I mixed my liquids up separately with a whisk before adding to the dry ingredients. -
I doubled it, used half whole wheat and half white, added an additional tsp of cinnamon and an additional tsp of cardoman and a cup of craisins, baked it in a bundt cake mold and it is WONDERFUL! -
This was very easy to make. It took less time to mix together than to preheat my oven. More importantly, this cake tastes wonderful and has the most enticing fragrance. I cut into the cake within 5 minutes of removing it from the oven and I ate 1/3 before I could make myself stop. The only change that I might make next time is to use more cardamom because I love the taste. -
Very pretty, tall loaves, perfect for giving for the holidays. I made a double batch, half small loaves, 1 big one. I also added a bit more cardamom after tasting the batter, I think it would depend on the freshness of your cardamom. A keeper. -
Made according to the recipe, except a used a bit more chopped pear since all my pears were ripe at once. Nice, moist bread, if I make it again I would chop the pears very fine so they are more evenly distributed through the bread. I also found it a bit bland, if I make it again I would add some cinnamon or something.
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I made a double recipe, and made 2 small loaves and 1 dozen muffins. I also substitute spelt flour for regular wheat flour and added some cinnamon. We love the flavour & texture of these muffins. -
I am upgrading from 4 stars to 5. This time this turned out so unbelievably yummers, even with some healthy upgrades. I doubled the recipe, used 1 c whole wheat flour, used sucanat instead of sugar, omitted the topping, and there was a fight over the batch of mini-muffins as they came out of the oven just now. The rest of the batch is in one loaf and one 4`` muffin (baked in a ceramic bowl). Thanks for helping me enjoy a new spice, chia!
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FANTASTIC! mine took more like 65-70 minutes to cook. i made it vegan by using soymilk instead of eggs - and soymilk instead of milk. tasted great. thanks!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
chia2160
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<p>latest update, as all my fb friends know i have been very ill for the past 4 mos, but now i am on the road ro recovery. i've had 2 surgeries and broke nt elbow a week after the first one, which basically incapacitatedme forr 2 mos. happy to say i am doing pt, anf will hopefully be able to cook again</p>
<p>i stopped working so i could spend more time in my fla house renovating, but this was a minor setback, going to do the bathrooms this summer.</p>
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<p><br />in NY i used to have an (at home) jewelry business, but i incorporated it into the store's gift dept., they sell it for me now. <br />cooking is my passion, my hobby, my relaxation, but i love going out for a good meal anytime. being born and growing up in manhattan, ny gave me the opportunity to try many new foods over the years, in many great restaurants. and travelling with my dh enlightened me to the wonderful ingredients and cuisines of san francisco, among other places. <br />the new corporate spouse deal is to do a day of cooking lessons/lunch, and shopping, so i have seen demo classes in ft lauderdale, san antonio, atlanta in the past few years plus taken a few cooking classes in chinese dim sum and noodles in joseph poon's, in philly. <br />several years ago i had the pleasure of being on several of the food network shows, ready set cook and taste test, which was like food jeopardy. i didn't win either, but it was so much fun! <br />and before that, i was on wheel of fortune! yes, with pat and vanna. i was the big winner, and i won a trip to hong kong for a week, somewhere i never would have seen otherwise- <br />i have 4 daughters, 3 gkids and 1 on the way-- so far</p>
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