YIELD: 1 LARGE OR 2 SMALL LOAVES
INGREDIENTS AMOUNT
| Margarine/shortening (transfat free)* or butter | ½ cup |
| Stevia, pure powder- 1/4 tsp or ½ tsp truvia[2] or 1 cup erithritol | ¼ tsp |
| Eggs | 2 |
| White whole wheat (or whole w. pastry) flour | 2 cups |
| Sea Salt (may omit) | 1/8 tsp |
| Green kelp powder (optional) | ¼ tsp |
| Baking soda | ½ tsp |
| Baking powder | 1 tsp |
| Nutmeg | ¼ tsp |
| Cinnamon | 1/3 tsp |
| Plain Yogurt | ½ cup |
| Pears, chopped coarsely | 1 cup |
| Vanilla extract | 1 tsp |
| VARIATION: add dried cranberries | ½ cup |
METHOD:
- 1. Cream margarine, beat in stevia, truvia, or other natural sweetener
- 2. Beat in eggs one at a time
- 3. Combine dry ingredients
- 4. Add spices & other dry ingredients to egg mixture alternately with yogurt
- 5. Stir in pears and vanilla, and if used, dried cranberries.
- 6. Bake at 325-350 for 55-60 minutes.
* Examples of healthy margarines/shortenings: Earth Balance, Smart Balance, Spectrum Organic Shortening. Be sure to read label and avoid anything with “partially hydrogenated” oils….label may say in big letters, NO or ZERO transfats, but still include them.
** Note, for some sensitive people xylitol, while highly recommended healthy food and great for oral health, both teeth and gums, can be laxative, especially in larger amounts. Thus start newcomers with a small piece of the pear cake. Most people quickly become accustomed to and have no problems. Erythritol reportedly is much less likely to have laxative effects. Also good for oral health.
[1] Adapted following Memory Preservation Nutrition® program by Nancy Emerson Lombardo, Ph.D. from a recipe tested by Sharlene Emerson, RN, Nurse Practitioner, Diabetes Educator.
[2] For NON-SUGAR-FREE, high calorie version substitute 1 cup brown or raw sugar – then no longer sugar free. May also use a ½ sugar and ½ the amount of natural sweeteners shown above.
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