Banana Pear Bread (Gluten Free, No Sugar Added)

This healthy banana pear bread is gluten free, dairy free and only sweetened with fruit (no sugar added). This loaf is moist and tender and a great way to use up overripe pears or bananas.

Banana bread is always a reader favorite.  Of course, it's one of my favorites too!  And what better way to create a fall inspired banana bread than to use pears?!

This banana pear bread is made with almond flour and only sweetened with ripe fruit (bananas and pears). It's moist, soft and subtly sweet - perfect as a side to breakfast or an afternoon snack.

Why You'll Love this Banana Pear Bread

• gluten free and grain free - made with almond flour
• paleo friendly - made with healthy, minimally processed ingredients
• made without butter or oil
• no added sugar - just sweetened with fruit
• moist and tender - no one likes a dry loaf
• kid friendly
• easy to make - just blend ingredients and bake!

With a qualities like this, there's truly no better paleo banana pear bread out there! It's healthy enough for breakfast, but also great as dessert when topped with vanilla icing or slathered in nut butter and honey.

Ingredients

Here's a list of what you need to make this gluten free banana pear bread:

• ripe pears - any variety
• ripe banana - yellow with many brown/black spots
• eggs
• vanilla extract
• blanched almond flour
• tapioca starch - needed for texture purposes. You may sub with arrowroot starch.
• cinnamon (optional)
• baking powder
• baking soda
• salt

No recipe substitutions have been test, however tigernut flour should work in place of the almond flour if you need this recipe to be nut free.

Also, any variety of pear should work. I used Bartlett, but Anjou, Bosc and Comice would be great alternatives.

How to Make Banana Pear Bread

This quick bread is made in a food processor or high powered blender and is super easy to make. 

First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line an 8" x 4" baking pan with parchment paper.

Next, place the banana and pear in a food processor. Blend until the mixture is well processed. Add the remaining ingredients and blend until the batter is well mixed.

Pour the batter into the lined loaf pan.

Place the loaf in your preheated oven and bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes.

After baking, remove the loaf from the oven and cool for 10 minutes in the loaf pan, then transfer to a wire cooling rack.

Storage

Since this bread is super moist and preservative free it needs to be stored in the fridge. Simply slice the loaf and store in a sealed container in the fridge, up to one week.

For longer storage, slice and keep in the freezer up to one month.

Banana Pear Bread Toppings

This loaf can be eaten on it's own, or topped with anything from almond butter to homemade jam to coconut butter. Although this bread isn't overly sweet, it is still a sweet bread.  So, the best toppings would be nut or seed butters, coconut butter, honey, maple syrup, dairy free yogurt, ect.  

More Bread Recipes with No Sugar Added

For more easy bread recipes without added sugar, check out these reader favorites:

• 4 Ingredient Banana Bread
• Applesauce Zucchini Bread
• Chocolate Protein Banana Bread
• Pumpkin Banana Bread

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