Posted by: BarbCA 09-12-99 3:01 PM
Pear Walnut Bread
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups pears chopped (about 1/4" pieces)
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon powdered cardamom (I love pears and cardamom but you could sub
cinnamon)
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Beat butter and sugar until fluffy; beat in eggs.
Stir in pears.
Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices.
Stir into butter mixture until smooth.
Add walnuts.
Bake in one 9x5 loaf pan or, 4 mini-loaf pans that have been sprayed with Pam.
Bake about 45 minutes for large pan and 35 for mini-pans.