Easy to make ane excellent sweetbread.

I did not try this bread myself. I've just been told that I'm pre-diabetic so I've cut my sugar intake down to almost nothing. I followed this recipe pretty close, only using butter instead of vegetable oil and toasting the pecans before adding it to the batter. I made my own streusel topping with butter, oatmeal, brown sugar and a little flour. Oh! This did make two medium sized loaves. I did originally have it in a large loaf pan but it was just way too full. I was afraid that it would either slop over or be raw still after an hour, so I seperated it into two loaves, then sprinkled it with the topping. After I baked these, I did hand one loaf to a friend of mine and asked her what she thought after she'd tried it. This is what she said, "Bottom line is that your pear bread lasted less than about 12 hours in my house. I had a good portion of it, but then my husband gobbled up whatever was left when he got home! It was SO moist. The flavors were perfection - sweet, but not overly mouth-puckering sweet. Loved the chunks of pear and cinnamon. I'm definitely going to make these along with banana bread the upcoming Christmas!" Guess it was a hit!

Wow, this is fantastic! I used Splenda (hubbie is a diabetic). Replaced most of the oil with natural applesauce, I did add a bit of oil. Replaced 1 c of white flour with WW Pastry flour. Used my homemade pumpkin pie spice that has cardamom in it. I left the peels on most of the pears & cut them up in pretty big chunks. Made 3 mini loaves, that are so good!

Wow! Awesome! Such a nice change from banana bread. The spices are so subtle and wonderful! My kids devoured it - especially spread with cream cheese on top.

This was amazing. I skipped the cardamom because I didn;t have any. I will make this again for sure!

I followed the ingredients listed exactly. I am giving this a 2 because the taste was fairly good. The inside did not cook well and was gummy. I was disappointed because I made two loaves, one for the family and one for friends, which the latter I could not give away because of the reason stated above. I only ate it so as not to waste the 2 loaves I made, as ingredients are expensive. There was a solid rim, 1/4 inch area around the entire loaf that cooked and the rest was cooked but very gummy. I was very disappointed as I liked all the ingredients that were listed and was looking forward to enjoying it based on the other reviews. I will not make it again.

I had a few pears that sat around a little too long on the cupboard, (three to be exact, which was perfect for this recipe!)so i thought I'd give this recipe a try. It was delicious! My whole family loved it. I didn't have cardamom, so just doubled the cinnamon, and followed the rest of the recipe exactly. We ate the whole loaf in one sitting!!! Definately a keeper!

I made this as a cake in an 8 X 3 cake pan, and we loved it. A little like apple cake in texture but a more delicate taste. The cardamom is the perfect touch--it really makes the cake. I used 2 Bosc pears, and the only change I made was to use plain yogurt instead of sour cream. I will definitely include this excellent recipe in my holiday bread baking!