GlutenFree Spiced Pear Bread
The Ingredients
½ cup oil
½ cup apple sauce or Pear sauce (all you have to do is mash some pears in their juice to make a half cup)
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups gluten free flour -My favorite mix recipe follows-(or substitute all purpose flour)
1 ½ tsp xanthan gum (remove xanthan gum if not making gluten free bread)
Lemon zest from one medium lemon
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1 ½ tsp salt
1 ½ cups of chopped pears ( if fresh, then peel the pears)
1 cup chopped pecans
HOW TO MAKE THE BREAD
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
In one bowl, beat the wet ingredients, the oil, apple (or pear) sauce, eggs, sugar, and vanilla.
In another bowl, mix together the flour, lemon zest, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum,spices and salt.
Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
Add the chopped pears and chopped nuts. Mix carefully, but thoroughly.
Spray TWO 8”x 4”pans with cooking oil spray, then divide the batter between the two pans.
Place the pans into the preheated oven and bake for an hour or so. I usually start checking mine at the one hour mark by inserting a toothpick near the center. If the toothpick comes out clean, I know my loaves are done. Sometimes the loaves will take upwards of 70 minutes.
Let them cool for about 10 minutes on the counter, then carefully remove them from the pans and let them come to room temperature.
ENJOY!
GLUTEN-FREE BROWN RICE FLOUR MIX
From Gluten Free Baking Classics by Annalise G. Roberts (terrific cookbook!)
6 Cups Brown Rice flour
2 Cups Potato starch (not potato flour)
1 cup Tapioca flour
I mix this together in a zip lock bag and stir well. It does not need to be stored in the refrigerator.
½ cup oil
½ cup apple sauce or Pear sauce (all you have to do is mash some pears in their juice to make a half cup)
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups gluten free flour -My favorite mix recipe follows-(or substitute all purpose flour)
1 ½ tsp xanthan gum (remove xanthan gum if not making gluten free bread)
Lemon zest from one medium lemon
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1 ½ tsp salt
1 ½ cups of chopped pears ( if fresh, then peel the pears)
1 cup chopped pecans
HOW TO MAKE THE BREAD
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
In one bowl, beat the wet ingredients, the oil, apple (or pear) sauce, eggs, sugar, and vanilla.
In another bowl, mix together the flour, lemon zest, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum,spices and salt.
Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
Add the chopped pears and chopped nuts. Mix carefully, but thoroughly.
Spray TWO 8”x 4”pans with cooking oil spray, then divide the batter between the two pans.
Place the pans into the preheated oven and bake for an hour or so. I usually start checking mine at the one hour mark by inserting a toothpick near the center. If the toothpick comes out clean, I know my loaves are done. Sometimes the loaves will take upwards of 70 minutes.
Let them cool for about 10 minutes on the counter, then carefully remove them from the pans and let them come to room temperature.
ENJOY!
GLUTEN-FREE BROWN RICE FLOUR MIX
From Gluten Free Baking Classics by Annalise G. Roberts (terrific cookbook!)
6 Cups Brown Rice flour
2 Cups Potato starch (not potato flour)
1 cup Tapioca flour
I mix this together in a zip lock bag and stir well. It does not need to be stored in the refrigerator.
