Pear and Pine Nut Bread     Veg  CD  CBF  85mins

Makes 1 loaf     Cold  Vegetarian  Fruit  Nuts  Baked Fayre 

Ingredients

100g/4oz Butter, softened

225g/8oz Sugar

2 Eggs

200g/7oz Plain Flour

½ teasp salt

1 teasp Baking Powder

60ml/2fl.oz. Sour Cream

1 teasp Vanilla Extract

1 teasp Almond Extract

2 large Ripe Pears, peeled and diced

50g/2oz Pine Nuts, toasted

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180C, 350F, Gas Mark 4 and lightly oil  a loaf tin with oil.  Set aside.

 2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. 

3. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing thoroughly between each addition.

4. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, sour cream, vanilla and almond extracts, and beat well. 

5. Fold in the diced pears and the pine nuts then pour into the loaf  tin and bake for 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack.

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