I love pears in the fall. They are definitely one of our favorite fruits, and yet we run out of things to do with them. I tend to use them anywhere one would use apples when I have a quantity of them. I’ve used them for pies, crisps, pudding cakes, french toast, and yet I still wanted to find something new to do with them when a friend gave me a bunch the other day.
So I made a loaf of this Autumn Pear Bread that I found on Food.com (formerly known as Recipezaar). As I mixed it together, I became concerned that it wasn’t going to work. First of all, you cut the butter in with a pastry blender,as though you were making biscuits. And secondly, the ratio of wet to dry ingredients seems really off. But then, I dumped the diced pears in and the batter came together beautifully. They made magic in the bowl (although to be fair I doubled the amount of pear called for).
The bread was fantastic and we blew through the first loaf in no time. As I brushed crumbs in the garbage I was reminded that I didn’t get a photo, and that it would make a great blog post. I decided I simply had to make a second loaf. So I did.
And yesterday, as I threw the foil wrappings in the garbage and slid the cutting board into hot soapy water, I groaned to myself as I realized that, once again, no picture had been taken. Sigh. But that’s a good thing- right? It means this quick bread is so delicious, there is no waiting for a picture to be taken. It really is good. The combination of cinnamon and nutmeg make magic with the juicy pears, and I just didn’t want to stop eating this bread. It was very quick to mix up, although I should definitely note that the recipe on the website says it makes three mini loaves. I made one large loaf, and had to bake it for 70 minutes.
I also have thoughts that a streusel would make this loaf of quick bread positively decadent.
The recipe for Autumn Pear Bread can be found at Food.com. So delicious- and if for some reason you don’t have pears, I suspect some diced apple would work equally as well too. This one is definitely worth making and has leaped right up into a favorite quick bread to make repeatedly.