Pear Bread

31 Days of Fun Fall Ideas- Idea #18

When I first told a friend of mine about this bread, she laughed and thought I was making it up.  I wish I could claim I made it up, but truth be told, it was probably created by someone who had harvested too many pears and didn't know what to do with them all--Kinda like the origin of so many zucchini recipes...
Anyhow, this recipe actually came from my Aunt Beverly.  Our family makes it every fall and my girls love to eat it with a glass of milk for breakfast or a snack.  It is a SWEET sweet bread and super easy!

Pear Bread

1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups flour
1+ cups diced, unpeeled pears
cinnamon sugar mixture (1/2 cup granulated sugar mixed with 1 tbsp cinnamon)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix butter, sugar eggs and buttermilk.
*If you don't have buttermilk on hand, fill a 1/4 cup measuring cup with 1/4 tbsp vinegar and then fill the remainder of the measuring cup with regular milk.
-Add soda, nutmeg and salt stir until blended, then add flour.  Once all ingredients are well incorporated, add diced pears.
-Spray pan and sprinkle a thin coat of cinnamon sugar mixture over entire inside of pan.
Pour into a bread pan 3/4 full or mini loaf pan.  Sprinkle another thin coat of cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over the top of the bread and bake 40 minutes or until toothpick in center comes out clean.