Fruit and Nut Bread
Fruit and nut bread, is a sweet bread using pineapple-guave for a base; pomegranate seeds and pecans tossed in for good luck. Feel free to choose your favorite nut and fruit.
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
Pear Compote
- 1 cup Asian pears (peeled and diced to 1/2 cubes)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- water to cover completed
Fruit and Nut Bread
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup pineapple guava** (peeled and mashed)
- 1/2 cup pear compote*
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1/8 cup butter (melted)
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
- 1/2 cup pecans (chopped)
Instructions
Pear Compote
- Put all ingredients in a small pot.
- Simmer until pears are soft and water turns into sticky gooey syrup.
Fruit and Nut Bread
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease 2 small loaf pans.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium sized bowl, set aside.
- Put all together the pineapple guava, pear compote or applesauce, white sugar and mix in a large bowl.
- Add egg to wet mixture and mix in completely.
- Add pomegranate seeds and pecans to wet mixture, stir in.
- Stir in 1/3 flour mixture to wet mixture
- Add butter and mix in.
- Add another 1/3 flour mixture and mix in.
- Add milk and mix in.
- Add the rest of the flour and mix in, your batter is thick.
- Scoop batter into your greased loaf pans, smooth out the top.
- Place in preheated oven and bake for 40 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.
- Cool in pans 5 minutes, remove from pans and cool completely before slicing.
Notes
*you can replace with applesauce
**you can substitute crushed pineapple or crushed strawberries for the guava