Gingerbread With Pears Low Fat & Low Calorie

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 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

Recipe

• 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.