6 To 8 tablespoons unsalted
Butter, at room temperature
1 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
1 1/3 c Allpurpose flour
pn Salt
1 ts Baking powder
pn Ground nutmeg
1 lg Egg
1/2 c Buttermilk
2 sm Pears, peeled, cored, and
Coarsely chopped
1/4 c Coarsely chopped pecans
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8 x 5inch loaf pan. In a
mixing bowl, cream 6 tablespoons of the butter with the sugar and the
vanilla until light and smooth. Sift together the flour, salt, baking
powder, and nutmeg and toss together until evenly mixed. Add half of
the flour mixture and the egg to the butter mixture and mix well. Add
the rest of the flour mixture and the buttermilk, beating them in
well. Fold in the pears and the pecans. Scoop the batter into the
prepared pan and bake for about 45 minutes, or until the center is
firm and golden and a skewer inserted into the center comes out
clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then turn out of the pan and
finish cooling. When cool, invert onto a serving plate and cut into
slices.
Yield: 1 (8inch) loaf
TOO HOT TAMALES SHOW #TH6224
Yields
4 servings