Servings: 6 Servings
Calories: 141kcal
A light and simple fruit dessert, good warm or cold.
Ingredients
For the Pears
- 3 medium pears , peeled and sliced
- 2 tablespoons Splenda Brown Sugar Blend (or Brown Sugar) , packed
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoons cinnamon
For the Topping
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 tablespoons Splenda Brown Sugar Blend (or Brown Sugar)
- ½ teaspoons baking powder (low sodium)
- 1 tablespoon reduced-calorie margarine
- ½ cup buttermilk (reduced calorie)
- 1 tablespoon Confectioners Sugar -or- Swerve No Carb Sweetener
To Garnish
- 1 Sprinkle Confectioners Sugar -or- Swerve No Carb Sweetener
- 1 dollop Fat Free Vanilla Greek Yogurt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F. Coat an 8-inch square baking dish or 6 individual ramekin dishes with cooking spray.
- Combine pears, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 2 teaspoons of flour, lemon juice and cinnamon in a large bowl; toss to coat and pour into prepared baking dish.
- In a medium-size bowl, combine the remaining flour, remaining brown sugar and baking powder; cut in margarine with a pastry blender, or 2 knives, until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Reserve about 6-8 tablespoons of this flour mixture. Add buttermilk to the remainder of the flour mixture and toss with a fork until flour mixture is moist. This is the buttermilk dough.
- Drop four heaping tablespoons of the buttermilk dough onto pear mixture.
- DUST the remainder of the reserved flour mixture over the dish, or, each individual ramekin, for a crumb topping.
- Bake until crust is lightly browned and fruit is bubbly, about 40 to 45 minutes.
- Allow to cool slightly, dust with powdered sugar and serve 6 portions.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 141 kcal (7%) | Carbohydrates: 29 g (10%) | Protein: 2 g (4%) | Fat: 3 g (5%) | Cholesterol: 1 mg | Sodium: 87 mg (4%) | Fiber: 2 g (8%)