Categories: Breakfast, Pears, Quick Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- salt, a pinch
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 1/2 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 1/2 cups peeled cored, coarsely chopped pears
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350°; grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
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In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer.
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Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
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Add in the vanilla extract and beat just until combined.
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In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, lemon zest, and crystallized ginger.
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Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, alternating with the buttermilk, in three equal portions.
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Beat just until smooth.
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Gently fold in pears, just until evenly distributed.
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Scrape batter into prepared pan; bake in the center of the oven until golden brown and pick comes out clean, about 55-65 minutes.
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Turn the loaf out of pan onto a rack, then turn it right side up; let cool completely before slicing.