Gingered Pear Bread
Recipe By :jckolntrn0609
Source: Betty Crocker
Yield: "2 Loaves"
3 cups chopped unpeeled pears (about 3 medium)
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon finely chopped gingerroot
3 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Heat oven to 350º. Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches or 9 × 5 × 3 inches. Mix pears, sugar, oil, gingerroot and eggs in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into pans.
Bake 8-inch loaves about 65 minutes, 9-inch loaves about 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack before slicing. Store tightly wrapped in refrigerator up to 1 week.
