Low-sugar High-Flavor Pear & Oats, Walnut Quick Bread
Author: Linda Davis
Recipe type: Baked goods
Cuisine: Californian
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Serves:: 2 loaves
- 3 C All-purpose flour
- 2 t Baking powder
- 1½ t Ground ginger
- ½ t Baking soda
- 1 t Ground cinnamon
- ½ t Kosher sea salt
- ½ t Ground Cardamom
- 1 T Pear vinegar
- 2 C Milk
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- ½ C Melted butter, cooled
- ½ C Granulated sugar
- ½ C Brown sugar, packed
- 1 t Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 C peeled and chopped pear, or, 1 lb Del Monte Diced Bartlett Pears in water, no sugar added
- ¾ C Old-fashioned rolled oats, divided
- ¾ C Walnuts, chopped
- 3 T Palm sugar, or brown sugar, if desired
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees .
- Grease the bottom and ½ inch up the sides of two 8x4x2-inch loaf pans; set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, ground ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cardamom; making a well in the center, then, set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine vinegar, milk, eggs, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla.
- Add to the flour mixture.
- Stir until just combined.
- Stir in pear, ½ cup of the oats and the nuts.
- Divide batter between prepared pans.
- Sprinkle with the remaining ¼ cup oats, then the palm sugar.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a skewer inserted near centers comes out clean.
- (If necessary to prevent over-browning, cover bread loosely with foil for the last 15 minutes of baking.)
- Cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
- Remove from pans.
- Cool completely.
Recipe by My Sweet California Life at /low-sugar-high-flavor-pear-oats-walnut-quick-bread/
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