This Banana Pear Bread is an easy breakfast or snack, and the crunchy brown sugar cinnamon topping puts it over the top delicious!
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Last week my bananas were a little past their prime, and I had pears on the counter that just never ripened. The first thing that came to my mind was this banana pear bread! I never thought to combine the two before, but I am so glad I tried it this time. This bad fruit situation turned into a beautiful thing!
I will tell you, I added too many pears to this bread, so if you’re thinking it looks overloaded with pears…you are correct. I was a little too eager to rid my counter of the unripe pears and over did it a little. I wrote the recipe to include a lesser amount. We all still loved this bread, but it was almost more pear than bread! Oops.
The pears are not mushy, but not crunchy either. The texture was just right and we thought they were a delicious match for the sweet bananas and the warm, spicy cinnamon! And the topping? Please don’t skip the topping!! The brown sugar and cinnamon caramelize and make an irresistible crust on the top of the bread. I can’t wait to make this again!
Nancy P.@thebittersideofsweet says
I never thought of adding banana and pear together! Great combination!
Lauren @ Healthy Delicious says
I love using pear in quick breads like this – I bet the pear-banana combo tasted great! Love that brown sugar topping,too.
Anita says
This is perfect for my fruit-obsessed toddler! Yum!
Kim Beaulieu says
I heart this bread. There’s just something about banana bread that makes me a happy girl. The addition of pear is sublime.
Nikki @ NikSnacks says
What a great use of bananas “past their prime”!
Angela {Mind Over Batter} says
I may be alone here, but one can never add too many pears. Especially if you’re trying to get rid of ’em!! This bread looks fantastic!
Lisa D says
OH my! I made this yesterday…DELICIOUS!!! I wouldn’t have thought of putting the two (banana and pear) together, but it was oh so good! My family all thought it was a hit too.
thanks much!
Karen says
Thank you for the inspiration! I had an overwhelming amount of mashed banana that I had worked into loaves, one with chocolate and one with pineapple. There was still more banana and one pear sitting on my counter – I wasn’t sure but then saw your recipe. Yes! I even had some pear sauce (got too lazy to can them last year so they all became sauce) and used it in place of the apple sauce. I also turned them into muffins as my other tins were in the oven. Yummy! Thank you!
gvs says
Made this but added about 3/4 cup frozen mixed berries left in freezer – fantastic -really moist and yummy!