Pear Banana Bread

Submitted by Marla Swoffer

"A nice change from regular banana bread--it's super moist and the pears really boost the flavor. I developed this by combining the best elements of banana and fruit bread recipes. As one of the reviewers discovered, this recipe doesn't work with hard pears--they have to be soft so they can be mashed in with the bananas to form a puree. Also, this can be cooked more quickly in a muffin tin (about 20 minutes)."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: loaf

ingredients

• 2 bananas
• 2 pears, peeled, chopped
• 2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup vanilla yogurt
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Mash bananas and pears in a bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients until creamed together.
4. Stir in the fruit mixture.
5. Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.
6. Bake for an hour and half.
7. Let cool for at least 10 minutes so it doesn't fall apart (it solidifies more with time).

Reviews

[stames79]

Made this bread two days ago. Really moist and flavorful. Cooking time for me was just under 70 minutes. Will make it again (many times I'm sure). Thank you for the recipe.

 

[El Bee]

I made muffins (24--baked at 350 for 18 minutes, started checking at 15), which just came out of the oven & cooled to eating temp. They are very tasty and moist--and a very forgiving recipe. I had 4 small pears (with bad spots to cut out) and 1 banana, and only plain yogurt. I used a mix of white and wheat flour & fresh nutmeg. Thanks for sharing!

 

[creature_of_leisure]

This is a lovely light cake. Reviews said it was really moist I was worried about it being heavy but it wasn't and not too moist either - just right. I doubled the recipe and used four bananas, only 2 ripe pears and I also only added 3/4 c of both sugars. Doubling made a large loaf plus 12 large cupcakes. This recipe is a real 'keeper'.

 

[Chef Strawberry Sho]

This bread is delicious and moist and has become a favourite with my family and friends. The riper the fruit, the sweeter the cake so you can easily cut down the sugar quantity without issue. This is the first cake I have made from stratch and it is dead easy and absolutely delicioous.

 

[Carol]

Delicious flavor, was looking for a recipe to use over ripe bananas and pears and this was just the thing.