Pear Bread with Cinnamon Streusel

This easy Pear Bread is packed with juicy pieces of fresh pear and topped with a buttery cinnamon streusel and a simple sweet glaze. Made with yogurt and oil for a soft, tender crumb, this fall quick bread is perfect for breakfast, an afternoon snack, or dessert.

Apples get pies, crisps, cakes, muffins, and breads. Pears? They mostly get eaten straight out of the fruit bowl. Which seems a little unfair, doesn’t it?

I’m here to make the case for putting more pears in your oven.

This pear bread is a good place to start. You don’t need a mixer, the batter comes together in a few minutes, and you don’t even need to wait until your pears are super soft. In fact, slightly firm pears work better because they hold their shape as the bread bakes.

And because I firmly believe that a good crumb topping makes almost everything better, we’re adding a generous layer of buttery brown sugar streusel. The drizzle of glaze is optional, but I’m certainly not going to argue against it.

Breakfast, afternoon snack, dessert? I think we’ve covered all the bases.