Spiced Pear Bread

Spiced Pear Bread is a delicious and easy quick bread. It works with fresh, canned or frozen pears for a treat that is budget-friendly, even in winter!  

Spiced Pear Bread is a recipe I created a few years back during my family’s Year of Eating Locally. It was part of a year-long experiment, where we lived almost entirely on food sourced within 100 miles.  

This bread, made with local honey and home canned pears, was a perfect locavore treat!

Of course, you don’t need to be eating local to enjoy a lovely pear quick bread.  That’s because pears, with their sweet juicy flesh are a perfect accent for rich honey, light warm spices and healthy whole wheat flour.  Who could use a healthier eating option that’s loaded with flavor?

Now that first loaf of Spiced Pear Bread was served the week between Christmas and New Years, a time when the house is always full and snacking rampant.  I noted that half the loaf disappeared before it cooled down!

Of course, with today’s rising concerns about food costs (especially fresh produce), I figured the time was right to revisit it.  Yes, the idea economical home cooking is a bonus for cost-conscious baking all year round! 

On Growing Pears

Pears are readily available canned and (in cities at least) fresh all year round. Which makes this bread a very doable option.

But if you own a home, a pear tree can be a wonderful addition to your landscape.  We (as well as my lucky niece who recently bought a house with a mature pear tree) get an annual harvest from a couple trees we planted a decade or so ago in our suburban yard. 

And as organic eaters, neither of us spray the trees and still get a lovely harvest.   If you are an upper Midwest reader and would like to learn more here is an excellent How to Grow Pears guide.   

We even made a DIY pear picker to harvest the high pears!

Tips & FAQs

Pears are usually included in the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen list of most contaminated fruits and vegetables.  So, when I run out of my homegrown pears, I like to buy organic.

I note it in the recipe now, but this bread got darker than I wanted using a glass baking pan.  So next time I will decrease the temp by 25F as is typically recommended for glass pans.  Now I bake regularly in glass and rarely make this adjustment but this time it seems like a good idea.

As you might guess, since we have our own pear trees, I do lots of pear recipes.  Some of my favorites include Easier Pear Frangipane Tart, Pear Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake, 10 Minute (Beautiful) French Pear Tart (this blog’s #1 recipe), and Pear Custard Pie.

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Spiced Honey Pear Bread

Spiced Pear Bread is a delicious and easy quick bread. It works with fresh, canned or frozen pears for a treat that is budget-friendly, even in winter!  

Author: Inger

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Course Bread & Muffins

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Calories 183 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1/4 cup oil of your choice, (melted if a hard oil)
• 1/2 - 3/4 cup honey can substitute part or all white or brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs beaten
• 1/4 cup fruit juice from can of pears or 1/4 cup other liquid such as juice or milk
• 1 cup whole wheat flour or all purpose
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom optional
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cup chopped pears 15 ounces can/jar, drained & chopped, or 2-3 cored and chopped fresh or frozen pears

Instructions

 

• Combine honey, oil, vanilla and fruit juice. Add beaten egg and combine well.
• Mix dry ingredients (except pears) and combine with wet ingredients.
• Fold in chopped pears
• Grease or spray a loaf pan and flour the bottom.
• Bake at 350F for a metal baking pan or 325 F for a glass baking pan. Remove when bread tests done with a toothpick--about an hour.
• Wait 5 minutes, then remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

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Nutrition

Calories: 183kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 3gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 169mgPotassium: 99mgFiber: 2gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 46IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 1mg

I am not a health professional and nutrition data is calculated programatically. Accuracy may vary with product selection, calculator accuracy, etc. Consult a professional for the best information.

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Updated from the original, published Dec 29, 2017

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