astray recipes: Pear gem bar cookies

Categories: Cookies; Ruit
Yield: 1 servings

Measure	Ingredient
1	Fresh; ripe Anjou or Bosc
	Pears; (1 to 2)
1 cup	Packed brown sugar
½ cup	Vegetable oil
⅓ cup	Water
1	Egg; slightly beaten
1¾ cup	Flour
2 teaspoons	Ground allspice
1 teaspoon	Baking soda
¼ teaspoon	Salt
2 tablespoons	Powdered sugar; (2 to 3)

Core and chop pears to equal 1½ cups; set aside. Combine brown sugar, oil, water and egg; beat well. Add flour, allspice, soda and salt; mix well. Stir in pears. Pour into greased 15-½ x 10-½ x 1-inch baking pan.

Bake at 375° F for 12 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool. Dust with powdered sugar; cut into diamond-shaped bars (about 2 x 1-½-inches).

Quantity: Makes about 2-½ to 3 dozen.

Always be sure to use ripe pears.

Per serving: 2721 Calories (kcal); 116g Total Fat; (37% calories from fat); 28g Protein; 399g Carbohydrate; 187mg Cholesterol; 1943mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 11 Grain(Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 22 ½ Fat; 15 ½ Other Carbohydrates

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pear gem bar cookies