Spiced Shortcakes With Sauteed Pears
- Ready In:
- 52mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
-
10
ingredients
-
Shortcakes
- 2 cups flour
- 1⁄3 cup oats
- 1⁄3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄4 cup chilled butter, cut into small pieces
- 1⁄2 cup 1% low-fat milk
- 1⁄4 cup water
- cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 large egg white, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon sugar
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Filling
- 5 1⁄2 cups sliced peeled ripe bosc pears (about 6 pears)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1⁄2 cups frozen non-fat vanilla yogurt
directions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Combine flour and next 6 ingredients (through ginger) in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk.
- Cut in 1/4 cup butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until butter pieces are pea-sized.
- Add milk and 1/4 cup water; stir just until moist.
- Drop dough by level 1/4 cup measures 2 inches apart onto a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
- Flatten dough to 1/2-inch thickness using lightly floured hands. Let stand 5 minutes.
- Combine 1 tablespoon water and egg white.
- Brush egg white mixture over dough; sprinkle evenly with granulated sugar.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden. Remove from pan; cool on a wire rack.
- To prepare filling, combine pears and lemon juice; toss to coat.
- Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pear mixture; sauté 2 minutes.
- Stir in 3 tablespoons brown sugar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer for 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens slightly, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
- Split each shortcake in half horizontally using a serrated knife. Spoon about 1/3 cup pear mixture over bottom half of each shortcake; top each serving with top of shortcake and 1/4 cup yogurt.
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Vino Girl
United States
My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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Ashley: Adopted October 8, 1996 - Passed Away January 6, 2009
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