Ingredients
- 3 cups plain AP flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 200 g 7oz butter, softened or ¾ cup oil
- 3 eggs lightly beaten
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 ½ cups caster superfine sugar
- 3 firm ripe pears, grated (grate them at the last minute)
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 175C (347F) fan-forced and great and line two loaf tins so that the paper extends over the long sides to make handles.
- In a large bowl, use a fork to combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
- In a separate bowl, combine the butter, eggs, sugar, grated pear and vanilla.
- Tip the we mixture into the flour mixture and stir it all together just until it is mixed in.
- Divide the batter evenly between the two tins and bake the loaves for 60-70 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Leave the bread to rest in the tins for 10 minutes and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Slice up and serve.
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