Pear Cardamom Bread

chia's Note:

Wrap this in fancy plastic wrap and give it to the ones you love--or, just eat it yourself and enjoy.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 loaf

• 1 2⁄3; cups flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 ½ cups chopped unpeeled pears (1-2)
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ¼ cup milk
• 2 eggs

topping

• 1 tablespoon sugar
• ¼ teaspoon cardamom

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F; grease bottom of loaf pan.
2. Mix all ingredients, except topping, in a large bowl.
3. Pour into loaf pan. Mix topping ingredients and sprinkle on top.
4. Bake 55-65 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean cool 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely, 1 hour.

Reviews

[Kasha]

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.

[HeatherFeather]

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.

[galponetta]

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.