Pear Hazelnut Bread with Orange Maple Glaze
Sweet orange maple glaze wraps around a moist pear and hazelnut filled bread! Simply good and a perfect fall snack in this Pear Hazelnut Bread with Orange Maple Glaze.
It’s time for another Mystery Dish recipe! Which sadly means we are done with another month. Man, I can’t take how fast time is flying and it is starting to stress me out. Before you know it the holiday season will be well upon us and jingle bells will be everywhere. Not that I am not looking forward to the holiday season but I am just NOT ready!! And I am sure Starbucks is just waiting to unleash their peppermint and gingerbread lattes to declare it holiday season (Darn you Starbucks, who made you the declarer of holidays?). Aieeee, I need a slice of cake. This pear hazelnut bread with orange maple glaze is really a cake (so moist and delicious) … but I guess so we don’t feel bad about eating cake for breakfast, we will call it a sweet bread! Ahhh, that makes me feel better.
Our host for Mystery Dish this month is Marcie, from Flavor the Moment! You probbaly know her already but if not, I urge you to check out her blog as you will find many wonderful recipes. The basket of ingredients she gave us to get creative with were: pork, fennel, kabocha squash, hard apple cider, heavy cream, orange, farro, hazelnuts, quince, thyme, maple syrup, brussels sprouts.
I really loved the diversity of the basket and I wanted to do more with it but I ended up being lazy by the time it came around to baking. I had pears in the head after these poached pears so I just went with a simple flavor combination of pears, hazelnuts, orange and maple syrup. I’m so glad I did because I created a new favorite sweet bread. I love how simple yet subtly incredible it is. The batter is filled with spices, crunchy hazelnut (totally use toasted hazelnuts for this!!) and shreded pears for added moisture. All of this is topped with a sweet orange maple glaze that just makes a slice of this perfect with a cup of tea or coffee.
Pear Hazelnut Bread with Orange Maple Glaze
Sweet orange maple glaze wraps around a moist pear and hazelnut filled bread! Simply good and a perfect fall snack.
Ingredients
1 cup shredded peeled pears, (about 2 medium, squeezed dry) ½ cup vegetable oil ½ cup Greek yogurt 2 eggs 1 teaspoon orange vanilla extract (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract) 1 ½ cups flour ¾ cup brown sugar ½ cup toasted hazelnuts, chopped ½ teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon orange zest Glaze: 1 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon orange zest 1-2 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 cup shredded peeled pears, (about 2 medium, squeezed dry)
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon orange vanilla extract (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract)
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup toasted hazelnuts, chopped
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
Glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1-2 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and line a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides. Grease parchment.
- In a large bowl, whisk together shredded pear oil, yogurt, eggs and orange vanilla extract.
- In another medium bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, hazelnuts, cloves, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, baking soda and orange zest. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and fold gently. Mix until combined. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake bread until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 55-60 minutes.
- Let bread cool in pan for about an hour and then remove from the pan.
- Whisk together powdered sugar and orange juice in a small bowl. Top cooled cake with glaze and let set for 20 minutes before serving.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 2-3 days.
Here’s the list of recipes from the rest of the Mystery Dish ladies. Be sure to check out their delicious creations!
Baked Apple Donuts with Maple Glaze by Yummy Healthy Easy
Baked French Toast Casserole by I Want Crazy
Hazelnut Maple-Glazed Cinnamon Rolls by I Dig Pinterest
Hazelnut Macarons with Pumpkin Maple Filling by Baking a Moment
Honey-Thyme Roasted Pork Tenderloin from The Pajama Chef
Italian Sausage and Ravioli Skillet by Simply Gloria
Kabocha Squash Curry with Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Farro by Chez CateyLou
Maple Glazed Fennel and Brussels Sprouts by The Well Floured Kitchen
Pear Hazelnut Bread with Orange Maple Glaze by Blahnik Baker
Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Apples, Bacon, and Hazelnuts by Flavor the Moments
Shaved Brussels Sprouts Harvest Salad with a Hard Apple Cider Vinaigrette by Joyful Healthy Eats
{Vegan} Orange Hazelnut Maple Cinnamon Rolls by Sweet Tooth Life
What a lovely recipe! I love all the flavors in here– pears, hazelnuts, orange, and maple. It sounds like such an interesting and wonderful combination! So, I have to now– where do you get orange vanilla extract? I’ve never seen it before!
I’m good with eating cake – I mean sweet bread for breakfast! 😉
Me too!!
I’m not ready for jingle bells either, and Starbucks needs to relax! haha I love what you did with this month’s ingredients — I’d be all over this bread! Pinning. 🙂
Thank you for a great list of ingredients!!
Oh my goodness! I swear I can smell this baking in my house right now!! I am going to have to make that a reality!! 😉
Yes!! Make it a reality 🙂
Yum! I bet this is good. This is sad, but I have a confession. I’ve never tried a pear until yesterday. It was a Bosc, oh it’s so good! Happy Wednesday!
What? So glad you finally tried a pear!! SO delicious. Now go try more varieties 🙂
Fruit breads are the best! And yesss, I cannot believe it’s the end of another month already. The new year is totally hurtling toward us and what then? Eat some more bread, maybe 😉
I don’t even want to think about it 🙁
Haha you are too funny! Darn you Starbucks, who made you the declarer of holidays…I’m loving this. It is so true! This cake, um bread, is totally on my breakfast to-do! Pinned!
I can totally see them releasing the holiday drinks in two weeks!! Crazy folks!
I would never think to do pears in bread, but this sounds so good! Pinned!
They are such a great addition. Moisture to the max!
Pears are one of those fruits that I often forget about, but should really get more often! This bread looks lovely and I love the flavour combinations in it! That glaze looks like it’s to die for!
That’s so true. Pears are almost always forgotten!
The flavors sound fantastic!
Wow ! this looks amazing!
Love it.
Zainab, this bread sounds (and looks!) amazing!! I love the combination of flavors. I never would’ve thought of all these things together, but it sounds fantastic!
The photo of the drizzle is awesome, btw! I have a glazed bread coming up, I’m going to have to steal that technique! Haha. I kid…. maybe. 🙂
They all come together so well. And yes feel free to be inspired!
Yummy! Yummy! Yummy! this bread really looks so good!
Eeks I know -this year is going by way too quickly – can’t believe November is almost here. Love all the flavors of this bread, it looks amazing!
I absolutely love the way you used the ingredients, Zainab! That glaze sounds truly incredible and the bread! Those curled up chewy brown edges are calling to me!
I love the edges the best tool!!
More pears?!! Be still my heart. . LOVE this bread!!! and dude, your photos are GORGEOUS!!! love and pinned!!!
Thank you Alice!!
Zainab, this looks absolutely wonderful! I love breads like this. The combination of flavors sounds delicious! Pinning!
Thanks Michelle!
I’m loving these photos so much, Zainab. The middle one with the loaf half drizzled is so beautiful. And ferreals, Christmas is everywhere. I work in an office tower above a mall and the big stores started decorated two weeks ago. TWO WEEKS AGO. We haven’t even passed Halloween yet! I’m not complaining too much though – I freaking LOVE Christmas! At this rate, I’ll be feeling the jolly Christmas spirit for the next two months 🙂
I love Christmas too but yes two weeks ago is too early! I can’t wait for peppermint as well but I’m taking in the pumpkin now.
This bread is absolutely amazing!!
Thanks Jocelyn!
Looks like the perfect fall bread…err cake. It’s a fine line and I’m not afraid to cross it! Totally not ready for the Holidays. Eekkk. Last day of October today! Can’t believe it!
Cake!! Hahha!
This looks SO good!
Ooh girl! The pear and hazelnut combo in this sweet and tender quick bread looks SO good! I love how you used the mystery dish ingredients, in fact, I saw your submission after mine and was like, why didn’t I make bread?? Oh, and I could drink that glaze. Pinning!
Thanks Mary Frances! I am still swooning over your rolls you made too 🙂
What a fun activity!! This looks great and I love those pour shots… they almost feel borderline x-rated!!!
Hhhaha 🙂