Community Pick
Pear Bread Delight

photo by Anonymous


- Ingredients:
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- Yields:
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2 loaves
ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 3⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs, slightly beaten
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups pears, peeled and grated
- 1 cup nuts, chopped (or less)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
directions
- Combine flour, soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.
- Make a well in center of mixture. Combine oil, eggs, sugar, pears, nuts and vanilla.
- Add to dry ingredients, st irring just until moistened.
- Spoon mixture into 2 greased 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 inch loaf pans.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until done. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans.
- Yields: 2 loaves.
- Good with coffee.
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Reviews
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This is lovely, but wish I had read more reviews and reduced the sugar. I used 3 very ripe "packham" pears that I didn't want to throw out, after peeling them I chopped them fine as I knew grating them wouldn't work. I would prefer pieces of pear in the bread, so next time I will chop the pears larger (but this is personal preference). I added 1 cup of chopped walnuts (which due to their bitterness cuts back on the sweetness, slightly). I added maple essence and baked this in a large bunt tin. I will make this again, but with less sugar and larger pear peices. Thanks for posting!
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Tweaks
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I really liked this. I did make a few modifications--subbed grounded ginger for cinnamon (sorry, not a big fan of cinnamon), stevia for sugar (and added 1 tsp baking soda as suggested per their baking tips). I didn't have any nuts but plan to get some so I can make some more of this bread. I plan to make several loaves while the pear tree is producing and freeze them to have for the holiday meals. Thanks for a great recipe! Hope you don't mind the modifications.