Pear Banana Bread

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
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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
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Mash bananas and pears in a bowl.
- In a separate bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients until creamed together.
- Stir in the fruit mixture.
- Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.
- Bake for an hour and half.
- Let cool for at least 10 minutes so it doesn't fall apart (it solidifies more with time).
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"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)."
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I increase this by half to get a generous loaf. 3 cups of flour, 3 pears and bananas mashed, 1 extra banana slice and mixed thru the batter. 3 eggs, 1/3 cup yogurt, 3/4 butter (but I forgot the butter completely once and it turned out surprisingly well), 3 eggs, 1.5 tsp vanilla plus the spices. Even increasing the volume of the batter this is always comes in less than 75 minutes. Thanks for a great recipe.Reply
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It is lovely really, it seemed totally ready in about 1 hour and 15 minutes, so perhaps change the recipe to say "...or until done". It was easy to make, I used 1/2 oat flour in the recipe, also I used vegan sour cream instead of the yogourt as I am lactose intolerant, and so I added a bit more vanilla. I also used 3 pears instead of 2. Delicious!Reply
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