I'm baking, fall is here! Banana & Pear Bread

With the pears season at it's peak right now, I received so many pears from friends and neighbors that I started to not know what to do with them. Some of them started to go bad, so I decided to give a twist to my traditional banana bread. It turn out great. The bread was very tasty and  moist. The pears bring a natural sweet taste.  It was also a hit with my 3 year old.

Preparation: 20 minutes       Baking time: 55 minutes         Oven: 350°F        Makes: 1 Loaf

-1 cup all-purpose flour

-1 cup of oatmeal

-11/2 teaspoons of baking powder

-1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

-1/4 teaspoon of salt

-1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

-1/2 tablespoon of ground flax seed (optional)

-2 eggs

-3 medium bananas, mashed

-2 pears, without the skin and chopped finely

-1/2 cup of sugar

-1/2 cup of applesauce

-1/2 cup of cooking oil or melted butter

-1/4 cup of chopped walnuts (optional)

-1/4 cup of raisins (optional)

Preheat oven to 350°f. Grease the bottom of a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan and set aside.

In a large bowl combine flour, oatmeal, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and flax seed. Make a well in the center of your flour mixture and set aside.

In a medium bowl combine the eggs, bananas, pears, sugar,melted butter, walnuts and raisins. Add the mixture at once to the flour mixture. Stir until moistened. Spoon batter into your loaf pan. 

Bake for about 55 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center come out clean. Cool in pan for about 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on a rack.