I haven't tried your spiced pear recipe, but I intend to experiment a little using Heather's brown sugar banana bread. I am going to substitute the three cups of mashed bananas for three cups of pureed pears. I have already bought three large baby food jars of pureed pear sauce. This will save me the bother of peeling, coring and chopping the pears. I am also going to omit the sugar in the recipe since, for me, it is verbotem!