I’ve tried a few different waffle recipes, but this is by far the best! They freeze nicely because of their wet, rather than dry, texture. Simply throw them in the toaster to reheat after cooling on wire racks and freezing.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 pears – peeled, cored and shredded
- 1 pear – peeled, cored and mashed
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¼ cup instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 5×9 inch loaf pan.
- In a bowl, mix the shredded pears, mashed pear, egg, egg white, water, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, sugar, pudding mix, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Stir the pear mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Transfer to the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 172 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 40 g |
| Cholesterol | 16 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Sodium | 185 mg |
| Sugars | 24 g |
| Fat | 1 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I really liked this recipe. I did change a few things. Only used 1/2 cup sugar. 1 cup white flour 1/2 spelt flour. I use butterscotch pudding instead of vanilla and add about 1/2 tsp cardamon, as I love the taste with fruit. I don’t have any issues with it being too wet. I have made this several times. My family really likes it.
It was very delicious. 3 loafs gone super fast. I’ll make again.
I made this recipe and it is very good. It is very moist.
found this bread to be tasty and moist. I used 1.5 cups of pear puree (my pears were over ripe and very juicy). I omitted the water as suggested in other reviews and added 1 cup chopped pecans and 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg. I’ll definitely be using this recipe again.
The best bread!!! Very moist and tasty!!!
This bread is most and delicious! My kids and husband loved it!!
I followed lauradale’s review, but I will use less sugar next time. I also had no instant vanilla pudding so I used instant cheesecake pudding instead. I also sprinkled both nutmeg and mace into my batter. My bread turned out pretty tasty.
I made muffins out of it instead of bread. I also cut the recipe by 2/3 but still used an entire whole box of instant vanilla pudding. It turned out well.
My came out thick like cake, but it sure was sweet. It might have been that my pears were a bit over ripe and I crushed them instead of shredding them. As such, I didn’t add extra water and my baking soda was gone, so that might have explained the sunken brick filled with sweetness I had. I’ll try this again some time.
Very good for a oil/butter free bread. Almost to moist,next time I will cook at 350
I used 2 cups of diced pears, 1/2 c of sugar, 1/2 c of wheat flour, 2 T. buttermilk and butterscotch pudding mix. This turned out great! I really wanted to put in cardamom to bring out the pear flavor, but I couldn’t find it in my cupboard. Will definitely do that next time. This also made a small loaf so I may increase the recipe servings a bit.
I used 1 1/2 c finely chopped pears. Edited to 3 tsp. cinnamon, 2 T milk instead of water, only 1/2 c sugar, small box of instant sugar-free pudding mix. The batter seemed quite thick, but baked up into a tasty bread.
This came out really nice but we did have to bake it a half hour longer in my oven. It was really sweet for a bread and I would all less sugar next time.
strange texture
Very good, very low-fat bread. No oil or butter needed. Came out moist with a good blend of spice. Followed the recipe, but baked in mini loaf pans. We think it tastes more like a cinnamon bread with a little pear flavor, but we actually prefer it this way.
This bread was great!! I doubled the recipe and used 3 eggs and whole wheat flour like another member suggested and it is divine!! Thank you!
Sticky un-cooked mess after almost 3 hours in the oven. I’m thinking the author forgot “press all the liquid out of the shredded/mashed pear,” which is a pretty important step!
This bread came out really good for me. I followed the recipe exactly, didn’t change a thing and it came out great! It is very moist and full of flavor. Thanks for the recipe!
I love this! I drained my pears since they were really ripe…but in the end I needed the water, so I guess if I’d have not drained the pears and left out the water it would’ve been ok too. This is kind of more like cake then bread to me, but it’s delish! Thanks! :))
This was terrific! Whoever said they were experienced in the kitchen and made mousse out of it, had to do something wrong. I ncer buy pears and I received a fruit basket for chrismas and didn’t know what to do with all of the pears. Thanks for the great recipe!!
Loved it. Omitted the water. Baked for an additional 10-15 minutes. Served warm with Cream Cheese Frosting.