Spiced Pear Bread

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 3 (15 1/4 ounce) cans pears, drained and mashed
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 3 eggs
• 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, combine the pears, sugar, applesauce, oil and eggs.
• 2 in a small bowl, combine the flour, spices, salt, baking soda and baking powder with a whisk.
• 3 gradually add the flour mixture to the pear mixture and mix well but don't overmix.
• 4 pour into four mini loaf pans which have been sprayed with non-stick spray. (the pans should be around 5 3/4"x3"x2" in size).
• 5 bake at 350f for 50-55 minutes or until the bread passes a toothpick test. mine baked much quicker and were done in 35 minutes so be sure to check your bread after the 35 minute mark. i think it depends on thickness and darkness of your mini loaf pans and if they are part of a one pan set or individual pans.
• 6 cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan and letting cool on a wire rack.