Ginger Pear Vanilla Quick Bread, Light

Try this with Darjeeling tea! or any tea...or coffee.......or just butter!

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 2  cups unbleached flour
• 1  cup Splenda sugar substitute
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger (more if you like a strong ginger)
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup margarine
• 1⁄2  egg white
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 lemon, zest of
• 1⁄3 cup skim milk
• 1 1⁄2 cups pears (sliced, peeled, and then diced)

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Spray a 9x5" bread pan with PAM
3. Sift flour, Splenda, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ground ginger together in a bowl and set aside.
4. Melt margarine.
5. Add in lemon zest and egg whites.
6. Add the liquids, milk las, the dry ingredients.
7. Mix in until flour starts to disappear.
8. Fold the diced pears into the batter and then scrape the batter in to bread pan.
9. Cook for 50-60 minutes but check the bread sooner as Splenda items tend to bake faster.