Pear, Chocolate and Walnut Olive Oil Bread
Ingredients
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup whole wheat flour
- 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp. Chinese five spice
- ¾ cup raw sugar
- 3 large eggs , at room temperature
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- ½ cup Extra virgin olive oil
- 3 pears , cored, quartered and sliced across
- ½ cup walnuts , chopped
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F or 180 C. Lightly oil or baking spray an 8 x 8 baking pan. Set aside until needed.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder, salt, Chinese five spice and cinnamon.
- Add the sliced pears, chocolate chips and walnuts to dry mix, stirring to coat.*
- In another bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar, before adding the yogurt and oil. Whisk until well mixed.
- Add the wet mix into the dry mix, stirring together just until mixed. Do not overmix.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Italian Food Forever's Pear, Dark Chocolate and Walnut Loaf recipe.
* Adding things like pears, chocolate chips and the walnuts to the dry mix helps to keep them evenly distributed throughout the cake instead of sinking to the bottom.
