Today I made another batch of pear preserves and pear muffins. I used the Pear Bread I recipe from allrecipes.com. Not having a food processor I tried grating the pears using a hand grater. Not very successful. Could grate the first 1/4 of the pear piece and then it just smooshed even thought I picked out the harder pears. So I took my knife & chopped them very finely.
That worked acceptably, but the texture of the final product would have been smoother if they had been shredded. Taste-wise though, we have a winner. Made a moist tender muffin. This made a wonderful treat for fall. The delightful blend of spices & fruit fits well with the crisp fall mornings we are beginning to have. Will definitely make these again.
I made the muffins as I’m beginning to be partial to muffins instead of loaves of bread. They are easier to deal with serving. If you freeze some from each batch of muffins you make, then later you can serve a variety of muffins without cooking. Will come in handy for unexpected company, laid back days, or just too busy to cook days, We all have days like that. The key to not breaking the piggy bank by eating out every time we have one of those days to freeze some of our goodies from days we do cook.
That was it today in spite of all the pears to still bake, cook or whatever. Today is my anniversay. Having been married for one month now, I called it a day early & we popped a bottle of champagne instead of cooking.
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