There are few things in life as wholesome or satisfying as a loaf of home baked bread. I especially love breads that can double as desserts due to their natural sweetness. So, I’m delighted to share with you our latest creation – Vanilla Pear Bread – which was adapted from a Williams Sonoma muffin recipe!
This recipe makes two loaves, which allows you to enjoy one now and serve one later (a wonderful time saver) or to share a sweet delight with a friend!
Have fun baking!
TOPPING INGREDIENTS
6 Tablespoons Sugar
4 Tablespoons Chopped Walnuts, Ground
1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
BREAD INGREDIENTS
2 Cups All-Purpose Plain Flour
1/2 Cup Sugar
2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon Freshly Grated Nutmeg
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
2 Large Eggs
1/2 Cup Butter at Room Temperature
3/4 Cup Buttermilk
2 Tablespoons Pure Vanilla Extract
1 Cup Walnuts, Coarsely Chopped
4-5 Firm, Ripe Pears, 2 Pounds Total, Peeled, Cored, and Coarsely Chopped
INSTRUCTIONS
Preparation:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease two loaf pans with butter.
Topping Instructions:
2. In a small bowl, stir the sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon together.
Muffin Instructions:
3. In a bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
4. In an electric mixer with a paddle attachment, mix together on medium speed the eggs, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla until blended. Add the flour mixture, stirring until it is just evenly moistened. With the mixer on low, fold in the pears and walnuts until they are just evenly distributed – no more than a few strokes. Do not over mix – be careful not to break the fruit.
5. Evenly divide the batter between the two loaf pans. Sprinkle each loaf with some of the topping, dividing the topping evenly between the two loaves.
6. Bake the bread for about 60 minutes, rotating each pan around 35 minutes. The bread is done when you can insert a knife in the center of each loaf and it comes out clean.
7. Important: Transfer the pans to a wire rack and LET THE LOAVES COOL COMPLETELY before you gently remove them from the pans. If you remove them before they are COMPLETELY cool, they will fall apart.
8. Slice and serve warm.
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Thanks so much for joining our Spotlight Saturday Blog Hop! That bread looks amazing!!!!! Have a great weekend!
Kel
oh this looks like an awesome recipe! I am a new follower from the saturday blog hop.
This looks totally scrumptious. Thank you for sharing it. Have a great day. . Angela
Ramona, what a great way to use pears! I never would have thought of using pears in bread or muffins for some reason. I bet the walnut, cinnamon, and sugar topping is the perfect touch too. Thank you so much for sharing with Cookbook Sundays. Have a great weekend!
and the directions to your house is…… lol.
how yummy!
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I like vanilla, pears, and bread so this looks delicious!
Thanks for sharing in FFA!
Hannah
oh my goodness that looks amazing! my boys love to bake (even tho im not so good!) and i think we may have to try this.
new follower on gfc from the swing by sunday blog hop. already looking forward to reading more!
Hi…I may just try this yum! Hi new follower from Sunday hop…would love a follow back 🙂
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That sounds so good, it has me drooling all over my keyboard. Must get hubby to give this a try, he is much better at baking than I am.
Yummy – I may have to go eat something after that! You have been chosen to be featured over at wordsinsync.blogspot.com for attending my weekend creation blog hop! Get me your email address so that i can email you the questions for you to answer. The feature is to be completed and passed back to me by Wednesday, and posted Thursday on my blog. Hope this is ok with you? Shah. X
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This looks super yummy! I am following back!
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Looks yummy. I said I was going to start baking goodies and your site will definitely help me get started. Thanks for sharing. I'm now followng you.
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This looks so yummy. I am definitely going to try to make this
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Wow! Looks absolutely delicious!
Pat
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Oh. Oh MY. This looks amazing!! Thank you for linking up to Recipe Roundtable!
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ali
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Yum! I've got to try this, it looks so good!
I have to double thank you for this recipe. First, thanks for linking it to My Meatless Mondays. More important, yesterday, I found a recipe for a cake with pears that I was thinking of making. Now, I have to make a decision. The bread is more practical than the cake. Groan, decisions, decisions. I am printing it up now and then I will decide.
yum!! will be a nice change from the pumpkin & banana bread I've been making weekly * *
Hi! I came over from Tuesday Twister. This bread looks so yummy! I love that you used pears. They are such a good price right now. I have some ripening on my counter so I'm going to bookmark this recipe and give it a try. Thanks for sharing!
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Your Vanilla Pear Bread looks so good. I hope you will bring it over to Full Plate Thursday. Thank you for sharing and have a great day!
that looks so yummy! my mom made a pear bread, but it was very simple and nothing like this…and honestly didn't taste very good haha! she just happened to find a recipe and wanted to try it! I'm definitely going to try this 🙂
The title alone had me sold :), great recipe! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
This is just my kind of dessert! Thanks for sharing the recipe. I have bookmarked it.
I am getting my whole menu for Friday by going to Tuesday's Tasty Tidbits. Yum! I wonder what it would taste like with apples?
mmmm! This looks fabulous! What great flavors all in one bread! YUM!
This looks wonderful! I can't wait until I find pears on sale so I can try this. 🙂
Wow, that looks delicious! Thanks for linking up on my blog! Thanks for sharing! I think I might have to go to the store now and buy some pears!
what gorgeous bread! we have some canned pears from our tree which would work a treat in this recipe. thank you for sharing with tuesday night supper club.
Sounds delish!
Denise
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Hi Ramona,
I am so happy that you brought your delicious Vanilla Pear Bread today. We are going to really enjoy it. Thank you so much for coming to Full Plate Thursday and please come back!
Oh. My. Goodness! I'm speechless and drooling all at the same time. I've already added this to my favorites, and I'm mentally creating tomorrow morning's shopping list to include these ingredients. It sounds amazing…and I've never heard of it, so that's a plus too. 🙂 Thanks for sharing! I found you on the friday bloghop from homegrown families. Glad I did.
Yum, this sounds great!
I'm hosting a weekly link up for sweet-inspired recipes. I hope you stop by and link up.
Wow!! Love pears. and love using them in desserts!
Wanted to invite you to share this recipe at a weekly event I host titled Seasonal Sundays as this recipe fits the theme PERFECTLY!
Happy Friday!
-Brittany-
Oh princess Pea! This pear bread looks so deliciously decadent! I love heartier, sweeter quickbreads like this and pear is the perfect flavoring! Thanks so much for sharing this on the hearth and soul hop! all the best~ Alex
Yum! That sounds fantastic, I can almost smell it now! Thanks for linking up with Made From Scratch Tuesday!
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Thanks for the recipe- we have a pear tree in our backyard that is a massive producer and I am always looking for good pear recipes.
Congratulations you are featured on Full Plate Thursday 2-24-11. You can stop by and pick up your Red Plate. Enjoy!
What an awesome way to use pears! I'm always trying to find new recipes for pears! Thanks for sharing this great recipe post last week on Fresh Clean and Pure Friday. It fit perfectly! I hope you stop by again this weekend with another great post! Roz
I voted……..best of luck!
that looks gooood!
I absolutely love pears, vanilla and quick breads! This is a winner for sure in my book 🙂
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Thanks Christy – hope you enjoy this as much as we do!
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Thank you for sharing your Pear Bread on our Cookie Baking Exchange, it looks delicious and I bet great with some thick cream. Happy Holidays!! #CookieExchange
Mmmm…that looks so yummy! I can’t wait to try this. Thanks for linking up at Funtastic Friday 🙂