Pear Bars With Pear Sauce

startnover's Note:

This is a great way to use ripe or over ripe pears. I had a hard time with submitting it so to clarify, 1-1/2 cups of the pear sauce is used in the bar recipe. You use the other 1-1/2 c of sauce as a garnish.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• powdered sugar (to garnish)

Pear Sauce use 1 1/2 cups

• 6 cups pears, any variety (pared, cored and diced)
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Directions:

1. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, soda, salt, and cloves. Mix well.
2. Stir in eggs, oil, and pear sauce till well mixed.
3. Spread batter in sprayed 9 by 13.
4. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or till center tests clean.
5. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, cut into bars and serve with ice cream or whipped cream and extra pear sauce.
6. For pear sauce:.
7. Mix all ingredients together in a sauce pan over medium heat.
8. Bring to a boil.
9. Cook for 10-15 minutes till pears are tender.
10. Puree in blender .

Reviews

[ladypit]

I had some pears that were going bad so I made 1.5 of the sauce. In the bars I used 2 eggs and 1/2 cup oil and they were quite good. We put a thin layer of the pear sauce on top which was ok, but I think I'd prefer it without any pear sauce on top. We were divided here; 1/2 of us loved the pear sauce on top and the other 1/2 did not. I'm going to freeze the pear sauce in 1.5 cup portions to pull out and use to make this cake. It will be a good lunchbox addition. Thanks.

[LonghornMama]

A few weeks ago I had pears coming out of my ears, so prepared this pear sauce, using a stick blender to puree, and froze to use later in this recipe. Would describe this as a snack cake, and we enjoyed it very much plain or with a dusting of powdered sugar. Didn't particlularly like the pear sauce on top, though, it was like eating applesauce spooned on top of cake. Next time I would freeze the extra sauce so there would be enough to prepare the bars another day. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

[All Astir and Mixed Up]

This was awesome! We had a whole basket of pears that were going bad faster than we could eat them! :) What a great way to use them up. The squares had a cake like texture that was yummy. I also served it with vanilla icecream and the pear sauce. We had company and the whole 9x13 pan got eaten up! Thanks for the great recipe.