Pear Bread

This is a pear tree by our house-- producing so much fruit that the branches are tipping over! In the summertime, we have an excess of zucchini-- and one of our favorite uses is zucchini bread. Since our excess right now is of pears, I decided to try some pear bread. Now, I'm glad I used google before this blog post, because I literally thought as I was baking this that I made pear bread up. I know, I know, your grandmother probrably raised you on pear bread, and here I am thinking that I dreamed it up this morning.

Nevertheless, here is the recipe I used:

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose flour 

1 teaspoon salt       

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder   

3 teaspoons ground cinnamon

3 eggs    

1 cup vegetable oil  

2 1/4 cups white sugar

3 teaspoons vanilla extract   

2 cups grated pears 

Directions:

1. Grease and flour two 8x14 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.

3. Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients into the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stit in pears until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.

4. Bake 40 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool on rack for 20 minutes (or immediately put a piping hot one in your mouth like we did).

5. Remove from pan and cool.