Great dessert recipe!

[fje90]

This is taken from www.SparkPeople.com. Sorry if it has been shared before!

Pear Crisp

Ingredients:

1/4 cup rolled oats
1 Tbsp walnuts
3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
3 Tbsp. whole wheat flour
2 1/2 Tbsp packed light brown sugar
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
1 Tbsp. plus 2 tsp. canola oil
6 firm, yet ripe pears, peeled (if desired) cored and cubed
1/4 cup raisins
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. flour
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
Pinch of cloves

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly spray 8- or 9- inch round cake pan.

In food processor, pulse oats and walnuts 15 seconds. Add flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Blend 15 more seconds. While running, drizzle oil and blend 30 seconds. Transfer to bowl and set aside.

In another bowl, toss pears with next 6 ingredients. Spoon pears into prepared cake pan. Cover with oat mixture, pressing down gently. Bake 45-50 minutes, until topping is brown and pears are bubbling. Serve hot.

Makes 9 servings.

(Nutritional Info...Calories: 179, Fat: 4.2g, Carbohydrates: 36.4g, Protein: 2.3g)



And obviously, you can substitute or leave out the raisins, lemon juice, and cinnamon, depending on what bothers you.

[Julie B]

ohh that sounds good!

[traceann]

I agree -- YUM!! Thanks for the post!! I am always looking for desserts, I think it shows too....LMAO!

[stacey79]

I love to bake! Thanks for sharing.

Is a small amount of lemon juice like that usually problematic? I've hesitated to use recipes that call for lemon juice because I wasn't sure. My biggest sensitivies are vinegar, most soda, caffeine and citrus fruit. I can, however, eat things like jelly beans (not Jelly Belly - they have caffeine!). And I'm OK with the hard candy lemon drops. I've also been OK with lemon cake mix.

[traceann]

Hey Stacey, for me that amount is usually ok, and it's dispersed amongst other things, so I always felt it's not like I was actually just eating one tablespoon of lemon juice on it's own... lol

[ISONormal]

Yummy. Thanks for sharing. I think I gained a pound just reading it.

[BigFig]

Wow, that's sounds so good! I just purchased a couple of bags of pears yesterday from Costco. I guess you know what I'll be doing when they ripen!
Thanks for sharing!