Pear Bread

Last week, at my local grocery store pears were only thirty-seven cents a pound. Guess who bought several pounds.

Having so many pears, I wanted to try some new pear recipe. I found this pear bread recipe at allrecipes.com, and it turned out very delicious.



1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups pears - peeled, cored and chopped
1 cup chopped pecans
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 8x4 inch loaf pans or one 9x13 inch loaf pan.

In large mixing bowl combine oil, sugar and eggs, beat well. Stir in pears, pecans and vanilla. In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir dry ingredients into the pear mixture; mix well. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.

Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes for two 8x4 inch pans or 90 minutes for one 9x13 inch pan, until a toothpick inserted into center of a loaf comes out clean. Allow loaves to cool in pan(s) for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.



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