Are you vegan? Love bread but can’t find many without eggs, milk, or butter? Then do I have the recipe for you! This vegan pear bread is so good, even your meat-eating friends will be begging you for the recipe!
Pears are one of the highest-fiber fruits, offering six grams per medium-sized fruit, helping you meet your daily requirement of 25 to 30 grams. Filling up on fiber keeps you regular to prevent a bloated belly caused by constipation, which also helps prevent colon cancer. The fiber in pears can also help keep cholesterol levels down, and are also linked to a reduced risk of breast cancer, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.
Pears also are filled with vitamins such as vitamins C, K, B2, B3, and B6, and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, copper, and manganese. Vitamin C and copper are antioxidant nutrients, so eating pears is good for your immune system and may help prevent cancer.
This pear bread is so good, you just might eat the whole loaf (please don’t!)!
- 1 cup unsweetened organic applesauce
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2-3 large pears peeled and grated to make 2 cups
- 1/4 cup turbinado or regular sugar
- 1/2 tsp. lemon rind grated
- 2/3 cup walnuts chopped
- 1 tsp. gluten free vanilla extract
- 2 cups 100% whole wheat flour
- 1/4 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon ground
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. In large bowl add applesauce and whisk in oil.
- Add grated pears, sugar, lemon rind and vanilla.
- Sift dry ingredients and add to pear mixture, stirring just to moisten.
- Stir in walnuts and pour in two greased 8-inch loaf pans.
- Bake for 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Makes 2 loaves.
1 Serving = 0.5 FRUIT + 1 STARCH + 3 FAT
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