Pecan Pear Bread

Name: Pecan Pear Bread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 1 loaf
Ingredients: 1 cup white sugar; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 2 eggs; 1/4 cup sour cream; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg; 1 1/2 cups chopped peeled pears; 3/4 cup chopped pecans; 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon, rind of

Submitted by Diana Adcock

"A great way to use fall fruit! This is lovely with an icing sugar glaze. Serve as a breakfast bread or toasted with vanilla ice cream."

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Ready In:: 1hr 20mins
Ingredients:: 13
Yields:: 1 loaf

ingredients

1 cup white sugar
¹⁄₂ cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
¹⁄₄ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cinnamon
¹⁄₄ teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 ¹⁄₂ cups chopped peeled pears
³⁄₄ cup chopped pecans
¹⁄₂ teaspoon grated lemon, rind of

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Combine the sugar and oil in a large bowl and beat well with an electric mixer for best results.
Add eggs and beat well.
Beat in sour cream and vanilla.
Sift together the flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Beat into the sour cream mixture in 2 lots.
Stir in pears, pecans and lemon peel.
Scrape into loaf pan and level off the top.
Bake for 1 hour and test with a toothpick in the center.
If done, remove and let cool on a rack for 20 minutes.
Turn out onto rack and cool completly.

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Reviews

Wow, Auntie Di!! You made my house smell like a bakery with this recipe of yours. This is SOOOOO GOOD - "addictive" is the word!! I made this a few days back. I substituted the oil with butter and the sour cream with low-fat plain yogurt(beaten). Since I do not have nutmeg, I doubled the quantity of cinnamon and it went well. I did leave out the lemon rind though, since, at my place, nobody would have anything with any rind in it. I did add a handful of raisins to this. Karen Wilson, my adorable friend from RAK, sent me a packet of chopped pecans that found their way into this bread! Thanks so much for sharing this moist and yummy bread.

Charishma_Ramchandani
This is to die for! I had some pears to use up and decided to try it. I made it exactly as directed except I didn't have any lemon rind so I just left it out. It was very easy to make - I whipped it up after dinner the other night and the smell was incredibly good. I did have to bake it longer than an hour (might be my oven). It's very moist and delicious. It keeps well in the refrigerator and I've been eating it every day (so much for my low carb diet!) I think I'll try it with walnuts next time and there will be a next time! This will be a great gift for next Christmas (I'll make small loaves) since it keeps so well. Thanks for the great recipe!

Gayl6655
This review is from someone who will not eat a pear out of her hand, but because my husband loves them decided to try this bread (am addicted to this sort of treat). This is excellent, moist, flavorful and keeps well. Thanks for putting this where others can add it to their files.

waynejohn1234
Very nice pear bread. Texture is very soft. We think it is best the day after. Thanks for posting this recipe.

gwynn
Very nice tea bread! I used canned pears that I drained well, and I didn't have sour cream so used the same amount of peach yogurt with great success. We loved it with coffee and the texture is great. Thanks, Carole in Orlando

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