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Pear Biscuits

 

Recipe By : " From the Farmers' Market " by Richard Sax with Sandra Gluck

Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : New Import

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 ripe pear -- peeled, cored and cut up coarsely

1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

2 cups flour

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter -- cut into pieces

3 tablespoons buttermilk -- as needed (3-6)

1 egg -- well beaten

 

Preheat oven to 425 F. In a food processor or blender, puree the pear with the

lemon juice until smooth. Set aside.

 

Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl.

Cut in the butter until coarsely crumbled. Make a well in the center of the

mixture and pour in the pear puree, stirred together with 3 tablespoons butter

until smooth. Stir the ingredients together quickly, adding just enough

buttermilk to form a sticky but manageable dough.

 

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and pat gently to a thickness of about

1-inch. Use a floured cutter to cut out 2-inch rounds, or cut the dough into

squares or triangles. Reroll remaining dough as necessary. Transfer to a well

buttered baking sheet and brush the tops with beaten egg.

 

Bake until the biscuits are golden brown, about 15 minutes. Serve hot, with

sweet butter. Makes about 1 dozen.

 

Typed for you by BrendaAdams

 

 

 

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 88 Calories; 1g Fat (6.3% calories from

fat); 3g Protein; 17g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 16mg Cholesterol; 272mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 0

Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

 

NOTES : The pear puree stirred into the dough makes these biscuits nice and

moist, and lends a subtle but delicious flavor.

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0