Spiced Pear Loaf
- 1 cup all purpose flour, plus 2 tbsp for the dusting the pears
- 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch cinnamon
- pinch nutmeg
- pinch mace
- pinch allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 3/4 cup pearsauce (posted recipe here: http://www.food52.com/recipes...)
- 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup peeled and chopped pears
- turbinado sugar, as needed for garnish
- In a large bowl, whisk the flours, baking soda, spices, and salt together.
- In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar, oil, pearsauce, yogurt and vanilla to combine.
- Toss the pears with the extra 2 tbsp of flour lightly to coat.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing just to combine.
- Gently fold in the pears, mixing just to combine. Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan, and sprinkle the surface generously with turbinado sugar.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35-45 minutes. Cool slightly before removing from the pan.
flour, whole wheat pastry flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, salt, eggs, sugar, brown sugar, oil, pearsauce, greek yogurt, vanilla, pears, turbinado sugar
Taken from food52.com/recipes/14331-spiced-pear-loaf (may not work)