Honey Pecan Pear Bread
Erica Lea on Sep 23rd 2008
What a wonderful match of fall flavors! A while back Mom bought two lugs of pears, and we have been patiently waiting for them to ripen. Now they’re ready, and we have to deal with those two lugs of pears. NO problem! We froze some, dehydrated others, and turned them into jam. And I couldn’t help but put them into this scrumptious loaf!
: : Honey Pecan Pear Bread : :
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup honey
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups (9.5 oz) Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups chopped peeled pears
- 2/3 cups chopped pecans, toasted
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease an 8 x 4 x 2-in. loaf pan. In a large bowl, combine honey and butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cardamom and cinnamon. Gently fold into the wet ingredients just into moist. Fold in the pears and pecans.
3. Pour into the prepared loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for 60-75 min or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Serve with butter, cream cheese, pear jam, or a combination.
Filed in Baking, Bread, Breakfast
wow, the picture of those pears is stunningly beautiful… i love the combinations of honey and pecans, i make a cupcake with those every fall. the addition of pears is lovely! i might have to add it this year, or flavor the frosting with the pears. mmm! i’ll bet you’ve enjoyed having this bread for breakfast, snack… or anytime!
What a yummy sounding bread!
Wow, looks great. I just ran across your blog and I love the pictures. I love Honey, Pecans and Pear so this will go into my list. I will be back for sure.
wow! i never knew pear can be made into bread! I love pears and this sounds really delicious!
Looks delicious! I had never heard of this bread before and would like to give it a try when I get some juicy pears!!!
I will definitely be trying this. It looks delicious! And this is a great blog.
Do you realize that your ingredient list says “yogurt” but your directions say “sour cream” ?