23 pear with port walnuts Recipes

unsalted butter, softened , plus additional for buttering pans, dried cranberries or dried sour cherries, chopped mixed fine-quality candied fruit such as pear , citron, and candied orange peel (not a supermarket brand; 1/4 lb), port, walnuts (4 1/4 oz), all-purpose flour, salt, baking soda, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, sugar, eggs, active dry yeast (from two 1/4-oz packages), molasses (not blackstrap), mild honey

dried figs (about 16 figs), port wine or cherry juice (no sugar added), walnut or pecan raisin hearth bread (or another fruit and nut bread), le gruy re, pears, cored and sliced