Gingerbread With Pears Low Fat & Low Calorie

Name: Gingerbread With Pears Low Fat & Low Calorie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16 serving(s)
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

Submitted by SusieQusie

"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. ;-)"

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Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 17
Serves:: 16

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

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.
Heat oven to 350ºF. Coat a 9"-X-13" baking dish with cooking spray & dust lightly with flour.
Combine the oil, egg, buttermilk and molasses in medium bowl.
In a large bowl, whisk the flours, Splenda, baking powder & soda, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger & cloves. Add the wet ingredients & mix gently.
Drain the pears and set long slices aside. Stir the chopped pear pieces & the chopped ginger into the batter.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Arrange long pear slices on top & sprinkle with brown sugar.
Bake for 25 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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Reviews

Excellent, great flavor, moist and not too sweet. I substituted fat-free plain yogurt for the buttermilk, and the results were excellent.

den-geo
This is very good. Moist and flavorful. I loved the pieces of crystallized ginger and pear. And hard to believe it is lowfat and low sugar! Thanks for posting this!

Outta Here

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