This is a recipe of my great-great grandmother's. It is wonderfully sweet and fresh. It's so delicious, it never lasts long!
Ingredients
- 4 freshs pears
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 0.5 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
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1
Peel and slice pears thin. Mix sliced pears with white sugar, brown sugar, and nuts and let sit for one hour. After sitting puree pear mixture in a blender.
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2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 13x9 inch pan.
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3
By hand stir in until just blended; the flour, salt, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to pear mixture and add oil, vanilla and eggs. Pour batter into prepared pan.
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4
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
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