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Spiced Pear Bread

This is a great breakfast treat, snack or desert. You can serve this with caramel sauce or homemade whipped cream!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup of melted butter
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/3 cup of water
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract see below for a homemade vanilla recipe
  • 1 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 ripe pears
  • 1 tablespoon old fashioned oats
  • dust with powdered sugar

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a loaf pan with parchment paper, set aside.
  2. In a large mixing bowl add the butter, oil, brown sugar, eggs, water and vanilla and whisk until smooth and well incorporated.
  3. In a another medium sized mixing bowl combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices and whisk to combine everything.
  4. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients a little as a time and whisking to combine.
  5. Transfer batter to the loaf pan and smooth out with a rubber spatula.
  6. Wash and dry your pears, and slice them into thing slices about 1/8″ thick.
  7. Place the sliced pears standing upright in alternating pattern across the whole bread.
  8. Garnish with oats.
  9. Bake for 40-45 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
  10. Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes and then remove cake from the pan and cool all the way before slicing.