BUTTERSCOTCH PEAR BREAD

It's the perfect time of to make this!  Pear's are at their peak right now and it's getting cooler, which is a great time to bake.

I have made a lot of these recently, and banana bread, and have been giving them out as gifts to everyone.

They taste sooo good, it's almost like dessert.

How to make it:

Butterscotch Sauce Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup butter
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 tbsp whipping cream 

Directions:

• Cook butter and brown sugar over medium heat in a saucepan, stirring, until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved.
• Remove from heat and stir in the cream.
• Let cool at room temperature for about 45 minutes.

Loaf Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs, whisked
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 3/4 cups flour (I used whole wheat, but feel free to use white!)
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 cups diced pears

Directions:

• In a large bowl, beat butter with both sugars until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla until just combined.
• Beat in milk until just combined.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients, then stir it into the wet bowl mixture.
• Stir in the pears and half the butterscotch sauce.
• Pour into greased loaf pan.
• Pour the remainder of the butterscotch sauce over the top and swirl gently.
• Bake about 1 hour in a 350 degree oven until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Let cool completely in pan on a rack.  

Bon Appetit!

xo, Alysha