Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Pear Bread

Says recipe creator Carol Kicinski, "Talk about delicious—delicate pear flavor, just sweet enough, moist with a golden brown crust and that gorgeous split down the middle. Pears add such an elegant sweetness and delightful moistness—this bread certainly deserves to be at the top of my list for favorite gluten-free quick breads!"

Yield: 1 gluten-free loaf

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups superfine brown rice flour, + more for dusting the pan
• 1/2 cup tapioca (or corn or potato) starch
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher or fine sea salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup grapeseed (or other neutral flavored) oil
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 ripe USA Pears, peeled, cored, and grated
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9- x 5 inch loaf pan with gluten-free non-stick cooking spray. Add some brown rice flour and shift it back and forth in order to spread the flour evenly around the pan and tap out the excess flour.
2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the 1 1/2 cups brown rice flour, tapioca starch, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
3. In another mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla extract. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir to combine. Add the pears and walnuts and pour the batter into the prepared pan.
4. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes, or until golden brown and a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
5. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Attribution

Recipe credit: Pear Bureau Northwest