Pear Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 1/2 cups pears peeled, cored, and chopped
- 3 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 cup pecans chopped & toasted (optional but recommended)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 & lightly grease two large loaf pans.
- In a large mixing bowl combine oil, sugar & eggs. Beat well.
- Stir in pears, pecans and vanilla.
- In another bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Stir dry ingredients into the pear mixture. Mix well.
- Pour batter into loaf pans. Bake for 60 minutes or until done.
- Allow loaves to cool in pans for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.