Pear Bread
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This quick bread is baked up with fresh pears and spices and will be your new favorite accompaniment to your morning coffee. Put this Pear Bread on your must bake list!
I love quick breads, and this Pear Bread is no exception! Fresh pears baked up with cinnamon and nutmeg. Perfect with your favorite cup of coffee or tea.
This recipe is the first of four recipes I have for you this week with a group I am in called #EasterBrunchWeek. A group of food bloggers all got together and all week long we will be sharing recipes perfect for Easter brunch, and beyond!
In addition to amazing recipes, our readers have a chance to win fantastic prizes from our generous sponsors. You’re not going to want to miss a single day!
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Easter Brunch Week
This week, we’re sharing loads of Easter recipes and celebrating the upcoming holiday with an amazing giveaway, sponsored by Eggland’s Best, GROSCHE International, Hamilton Beach, Nordic Ware, Rhodes Bread, Silpat, Stonyfield and Wewalka.
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Our generous sponsors have made this #EasterBrunchWeek possible! Each of these wonderful company’s are providing products for our giveaway.
Eggland’s Best
At Eggland’s Best, our commitment is to produce a more nutritious egg, which is also the finest, freshest and most delicious egg possible. This starts with our all-vegetarian hen feed made of healthy grains, canola oil and a supplement of rice bran, alfalfa, sea kelp and Vitamin E. Eggland’s Best eggs have 25% less saturated, 6 times more vitamin D and are only 60 calories when compared to ordinary eggs.
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Nordic Ware
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Silpat
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Hamilton Beach
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Wewalka is the largest family-owned fresh dough producer in the world. Headquartered outside Vienna, Austria, Wewalka provides products to more than 30 countries across Europe and Asia, and began offering its innovative products to the U.S. market in 2015. Wewalka is always committed to producing in a sustainable and responsible way, and avoids using bromated or bleached flour, high-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oil, animal by-products or artificial colors and flavors. The current U.S. assortment includes refrigerated puff pastry, pie crust, flatbread and two styles of fresh pizza dough. All items include oven-safe parchment paper for “no-mess” baking.
Rhodes Bake-N-Serv®
Rhodes Bake-N-Serv® is a family business dedicated to producing home-baked quality frozen bread and roll dough, frozen sweet rolls and partially baked frozen rolls. Rhodes is produced in the heart of Wisconsin with its headquarters in Utah. Rhodes is devoted to helping our customers bake successfully. We offer versatile products at a great value with a no-fault guarantee.
Stonyfeld Organic
Stonyfield Organic Quarts provide a variety of functions from being a cost-effective solution for heavy yogurt consumers to being a healthy ingredient alternative. A Stonyfield Organic Quart is a great staple to have in any fridge. Our yogurt can be used for everything from smoothies, to dips, as a substitute for sour cream on taco night and is a great substitute for butter and oil in when baking. Like all other Stonyfield products, our quarts are made with wholesome organic ingredients sourced with care from family farms.
The two sponsors that I am highlighting for this Pear Bread recipe today are Nordic Ware and Eggland’s Best Eggs. I purchase Eggland’s Best eggs frequently, because with the amount of baking I do, I go through a lot of eggs. I have quite a few different baking dishes from Nordic Ware, that I have acquired over the years.
They sent me this gorgeous Wildflower Loaf Pan to use for an Easter Brunch Week recipe. I knew exactly what I was going to make.
My friend, Gerry, gave me this recipe a couple of years ago. I printed it off and tucked it away. I would happen upon it every so often making a scattered mental note to make it, as it seemed when I came across it, I never had any pears!
As soon as I laid eyes on that beautiful loaf pan, I knew what would be the first thing I baked inside of it.
Nordic Ware is a family owned and operated kitchenware company since 1946 and has steadily built its reputation as an internationally distributed kitchenware brand. As a leading manufacturer and innovator, Nordic Ware produces the vast majority of its products in America, at its Minneapolis headquarters, including bakeware, cookware, grillware, microwave, and kitchen gadgets and accessories.
Eggland’s Best is committed to producing a more nutritious egg, which is also the finest, freshest and most delicious egg possible. This starts with our all-vegetarian hen feed made of healthy grains, canola oil and a supplement of rice bran, alfalfa, sea kelp and Vitamin E. Eggland’s Best eggs have 25% less saturated, 6 times more vitamin D and are only 60 calories when compared to ordinary eggs.
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We loved this bread. We are huge fans of banana bread, and I make it all the time. My Banana Bread Recipe always gets rave reviews. This bread became a quick new favorite. It turned out nice and moist, with those chunks of pear inside. It was perfectly spiced, and I even dusted it with some cinnamon sugar to really make that wildflower design pop!
It was enjoyed a couple of mornings for breakfast, as well as an after school snack.
Some of my Other Quick Bread Recipes:
- The Very BEST Banana Bread
- Pumpkin Bread
- Chocolate Orange Banana Bread
- Lemon Raspberry Bread
- Cherry Cheese Bread
- Orange Cranberry Pecan Bread
- Lime in the Coconut Bread
Scroll down to grab the recipe. But before you do that, make sure you enter to win the prizes from our awesome sponsors!
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Official Rules and Conditions for the #EasterBrunchWeek Giveaway: One grand prize winner winner will be receive a prize package including items from Eggland’s Best, Grosche, Hamilton Beach, Rhodes Bread, Silpat, Stonyfield and Wewalka. Open to US residents 18+. One (1) winner will be chosen. Prize must be claimed within 48 hours of announcement or a new winner will be drawn. Prize will be delivered electronically. All entries will be verified. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, Rafflecopter, or any other entity unless otherwise specified. Giveaway ends 4/20/2019. Enter using the widget below. Comment each day for even more chances to win!
Thanks to my friend, Gerry for this great recipe for pear bread! I hope you love it as much as we did!
Pear Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/4 cup fresh pears peeled cored and chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a loaf pan.
- Combine oil, sugar, and eggs in a mixing bowl. Beat well. Stir in pears, pecans and vanilla.
- In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Stir dry ingredients into pear mixture.
- Pour into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow bread to cool for about 10 minutes before removing from pan and cooling on a wire rack.
Notes
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I love pears and this bread looks absolutely delicious. The bundt pan is super cute too. I need a slice of this bread with a cup of tea like right now!
I noticed no one commented on the pear bread how it turned out I made this about an hour ago I followed the recipe to the letter it came out very well considered how much sugar was called for in the recipe I did add some butterscotch chips with walnuts yum
That sounds like a fantastic addition! I love that recipe!!
Hello,
This cake looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it!
Just wondering what size pan you used for the recipe?
Thanks!
I just used a standard sized 9″x5″ loaf pan. 🙂
That bread was DELICIOUS. I added cardamom. Great recipe.
Gwen – I am tickled you liked it! Thank you for being so kind as to come back and share with me!
Yum yum yum and more yum!
I tried this recipe last night…using almonds because I had no walnuts…and 2 teaspoons of cinammon bevause I had no nutmeg….but it was incredibly delicious!
My husband ate it right out of the oven?…..and my 4 coworker friends loved it! Will be baking it for Christmas as well!
THANK YOU?
Thank you for letting me know! I love that recipe so much, and I am so happy that you did, too!
Hello, Michaela, how are you doing. Thanks for the lovely pear bread recipe. I have two pears sitting on the bench and came across your pear bread recipe and made it. Actually, my husband is not a fun of pears, but when he tasted it, wow, he said and loved it. Both of us enjoyed eating this bread. More power to you and more recipes.
xxx from New Zealand
I am so thrilled that you and your husband enjoyed the pear bread, Espie! Thank you for circling back to leave such a sweet comment! <3 xx
Loved your pear bread and was very yummy. Can this be made into mini loaves? How full to fill the mandatory how long and at what temperature?
Thank you!! I love that recipe, too! I have never made it in mini loaf pans – but I did a quick google search and this is what I found: “The recipe itself will not change but you will need to fill mini loaf pans 1/2 full and mini muffin pans 1/2 to 2/3 full of batter. Decrease the bake time by 1/2 initially. Check the bread at that point for doneness. Continue baking, if necessary, checking every 5 minutes.” If you try it I would love to hear how it goes for you!