Pumpkin-Pear Bread

Name: Pumpkin-Pear Bread
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups sugar; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour; 2 tsp. baking powder; 2 tsp. ground cinnamon; 1 tsp. ground nutmeg; 1 tsp. baking soda; 1/4 tsp. salt; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 large egg; 1/2 cup low-fat milk; 3/4 cup Oven-Roasted Pumpkin Puree or 1/2 15-oz. can unsweetened pumpkin puree; 1 tsp. vanilla extract; 1 15-oz. can pears, drained and diced

14 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
1/2 cup low-fat milk
3/4 cup Oven-Roasted Pumpkin Puree or 1/2 15-oz. can unsweetened pumpkin puree
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 15-oz. can pears, drained and diced

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350F, and coat 8- or 9-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
2

Whisk together sugar, flours, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt in bowl.
3

Set aside.
4

Whisk together oil and egg in bowl until smooth.
5

Whisk in milk, then pumpkin and vanilla.
6

Stir flour mixture into oil-egg mixture until just combined.
7

Fold in pears.
8

Spread batter in prepared loaf pan, and bake 45 to 55 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.