2 or 3 fresh pears (1 c.)
1/2 c. salad oil
1 c. white sugar
2 eggs
1/4 c. sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. sifted flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Peel and chop pears, set them aside. Beat together oil and sugar until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time. Add sour cream and vanilla, blend. Sift together flour, salt, soda and spices. Add to sugar mixture and beat well. Add pears and nuts, mix with a spoon. Grease and flour loaf pan, pour in batter and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until loaf tests done. After 10 to 15 minutes, turn bread out onto rack and finish cooling.