Gingered Pear Bread

3 cups  chopped unpeeled pears (about 3 medium)   

1 1/4   cups  sugar      

1/2  cup  vegetable oil  

1  tablespoon  finely chopped gingerroot   

3    eggs   

3   cups  all-purpose flour   

3 1/2 teaspoons  baking powder   

1 teaspoon 

salt

method;
Heat oven to 350º. Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches or 9 × 5 × 3 inches. Mix pears, sugar, oil, gingerroot and eggs in large bowl. 

Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into pans.

Bake 8-inch loaves about 65 minutes, 9-inch loaves about 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 
Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans. 

Cool completely on wire rack before slicing. 

Store tightly wrapped in refrigerator up to 1 week.