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Pear Bread Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Heat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and lightly grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans.
  • Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl, and stir with a fork to mix everything well.
  • If you’re using nuts, scoop out about 1/4 cup of the flour mixture and combine it in a small bowl with the chopped walnuts, stirring and tossing to coat the nuts with the flour.
  • Peel and core pears, then grate them.
  • You’ll want two grated cups total; set them briefly aside.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the butter or oil, eggs, sugar, grated pear, nuts (if using), and vanilla, and stir to mix everything well.
  • Scrape the pear mixture into the flour mixture and stir just until the flour disappears and the batter is evenly moistened.
  • Quickly scrape the batter into the prepared pans and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 60 to 70 minutes, or until the bread is handsomely browned and firm on top and a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Cool the bread in the pan on a wire rack or folded kitchen towel for about 10 minutes.
  • Then turn it out onto a plate or a wire rack to cool completely, top side up.
  • Serve it as is, sprinkle it with confectioners sugar or drizzle it with a simple glaze made from whisking 3 tablespoons buttermilk, a dash of vanilla and 2 cups of confectioners’ sugar together.

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  • angelgirl94 14 years ago
    Gotta try this one. Printed and saved. Thanks for sharing. :)
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    " It was excellent "
    spinach1948 ate it and said...
    Real nice.
    Hi 5.
    Ed
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    " It was excellent "
    tablescape ate it and said...
    Quick breads are so easy and so good with almost anything. We have a pear tree in the yard and this would work perfectly. Thanks and a 5 from me.
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