Best Pear Maple And Pecans Loaf Recipes

MAPLE PECAN BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of 8- or 9-inch loaf pan.
• In large bowl, mix all Maple Pecan Bread ingredients except pecans with spoon; beat 30 seconds. Stir in 1/2 cup pecans. Pour into pan.
• Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaf from pan; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours.
• In small bowl, mix all Maple Glaze ingredients except pecans until smooth and thin enough to drizzle.
• Drizzle cooled bread with Maple Glaze. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons pecans. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.

PEAR MAPLE AND PECANS LOAF

Steps:

• Preparation of the loaf : In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, cardamom, nutmeg, clove and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat butter until creamy. Add brown sugar and maple syrup and beat for 2 minutes or until the mixture has rised. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Incorporate dry ingredients to the mixture of butter and mix until the mixture is homogeneous. Incorporate pears and ½ cup of pecans by folding delicately. Pour the dough in a loaf pan with parchment paper or (butter it and add flour). Sprinkle with the remaining pecans.
• Cook in a preheated oven of 350 F for about 1 hour or until the top of the loaf is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (If pecans tend to grill too fast, cover the top of the loaf with aluminium paper without stretching.) Put the loaf pan on a rack and let cool 15 minutes. Remove the loaf from the pan and put it on the rack and let cool completely. Put a waxed paper under the rack.
• Preparation of the glaze : In a small bowl, mix icing sugar, maple syrup and water (if needed, add a little bit more water for the glaze to be a little more runny) Put the glaze in an hermetic sealable bag and cut a corner. Garnish the loaf with the glaze. (you can prepare the loaf in advance and put it in an hermetic container. It will be good up to 1 week at room temperature).

PECAN PEAR BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine sugar and oil. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Combine dry ingredients; add to sour cream mixture and mix well. Stir in pears, pecans and lemon zest. , Spread into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 65-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

PECAN MAPLE LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven, grease& line the base of a 9x5 loaf pan with baking/parchment paper.
• Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl.
• Cut butter into the flour and mix until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
• Add in the sugar and pecans.
• Beat eggs together with milk and lemon zest in a seperate bowl.
• Stir in maple syrup.
• Add this to the flour mixture and gently mix together.
• Do not overmix, only until all dry ingredients have become moist.
• The batter should be lumpy.
• Pour batter into pan and smooth out the surface of the batter.
• Bake in the oven for about 50-60 minutes or until cake is lightly browned.
• To make sure, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake and if it comes out clean then the cake is ready.
• Cool cake in pan for at least 10 minutes then turn out and let it cool on the rack.
• (For Icing) Sift the icing sugar into a small bowl and stir in the lemon juice to create a smooth icing.
• Drizzle over the loaf and then sprinkle the chopped pecans over the icing.
• Wait until the icing is set then slice.