Gingerbread With Pears Low Fat & Low Calorie |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 16 |
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This sounds wonderful even without Graham Kerr's low fat, low sugar twists! But then, I'm an admitted ginger-head. Plus, I'm dieting and hungry. ;-) Ingredients:
1/2 lemon, juice of |
3 (6 ounce) pears, ripe but firm, bosc recommended |
1/4 cup light olive oil |
1 large egg |
1 cup low-fat buttermilk |
1/4 cup molasses |
1 cup cake flour |
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour |
1/2 cup splenda granular, granular for baking |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
2 teaspoons cinnamon |
2 teaspoons ground ginger |
1 pinch ground cloves |
2 tablespoons chopped crystallized ginger |
1 teaspoon brown sugar |
Directions:
1. Partially fill a bowl with water and add lemon juice. Peel the pears and cut them into quarters. Chop 2 pears into a small dice & place the pieces in the lemon water. Slice each quarter of the 3rd pear in 4 long pieces. Place them in the water.
2. Heat oven to 350ºF. Coat a 9 -X-13 baking dish with cooking spray & dust lightly with flour.
3. Combine the oil, egg, buttermilk and molasses in medium bowl.
4. In a large bowl, whisk the flours, Splenda, baking powder & soda, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger & cloves. Add the wet ingredients & mix gently.
5. Drain the pears and set long slices aside. Stir the chopped pear pieces & the chopped ginger into the batter.
6. Pour batter into prepared pan. Arrange long pear slices on top & sprinkle with brown sugar.
7. Bake for 25 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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