Recipe - Pear-Nut Bread

1 cn (16 oz) Bartlett pear halves
2 One half All purpose flour
One half cup Granulated sugar
1 tablespoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1/8 teaspoon Nutmeg
One fourth cup Vegetable oil
1 lg Egg; beaten
2 teaspoon Grated orange rind
One half cup Chopped walnuts
1 cup Sifted powdered sugar
1 tablespoon Orange juice; (up to 2)

Drain pears, reserving syrup; reserve 1 pear half for topping. Process
remaining pears halves in blender or food processor until smooth; transfer
to 1 cup measure. Add as much of the reserved syrup as needed to make 1
cup. Mix flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in large
bowl. Mix pear puree, oil, egg and orange rind in med. bowl. Add to flour
mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in walnuts; batter will be stiff.

Spoon into greased 8 1/2x 4 One half pan. Cut reserved pear into 6 slices;
arrange crosswise in a row on top of batter. Bake 350* 50 to 55 minutes or
until a tooth pick inserted near the middle comes out clean. Cool in pan on
wire rack 5 minutes.

In a small bowl, mix powdered sugar and as much orange juice as needed to
make thin, smooth glaze. Remove from pan; spoon glaze on top of bread. Cool
completely on wire rack. Wrap bread in aluminum foil: let stand over night
before slicing.

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 631 by "Pauline J.Pelletier"
pjpellet@turbont.net on Jan 29, 1998