Pear and Apple Shortcakes

Name: Pear and Apple Shortcakes
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters apricot preserves, warmed; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 6 Tbsps packed brown sugar; 177 milliliters buttermilk; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 59 milliliters confectioners sugar; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 3 Granny Smith or other tart apples; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 3 firm-ripe pears (such as Bosc); 0 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters sour cream; 59 milliliters sugar, plus more for sprinkling on biscuits; 8 Tbsps chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 355 milliliters whipping cream

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Pear and Apple Shortcakes a try. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 575 calories, 6g of protein, and 33g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up butter, baking powder, confectioners' sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400F. Peel, core and cut pears and apples into chunks. In a large bowl, toss fruit with preserves, brown sugar, lemon juice, 1 tsp. cinnamon and 2 Tbsp. water.

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Brown Sugar

Lemon Juice

Preserves

Cinnamon

Apple

Fruit

Pear

Water

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Spread mixture in a 13" x 9" baking dish and bake, stirring occasionally, until fruit is soft but still holds its shape, 25 to 30 minutes.

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Spread

Fruit

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Baking Pan

Oven

Remove from oven and cool to room temperature.

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Oven

Raise oven temperature to 425F. In a large bowl, mix flour, 1/4 cup sugar, remaining cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Blend in butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.

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Baking Soda

Cinnamon

Cornmeal

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Mix sour cream and buttermilk and add to dry ingredients. Stir until a soft, sticky dough forms. Shape dough into 8 2-inch-thick disks and place 2 inches apart on baking sheets.

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Buttermilk

Sour Cream

Dough

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Sprinkle with sugar.

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Sugar

Bake 12 to 15 minutes on two parchment-lined baking sheets, until pale golden.

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Remove from oven, transfer to cooling rack and cool.

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In a large bowl, whisk cream until it holds soft peaks; whisk in confectioners' sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream

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Whisk

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Split cooled biscuits. Spoon some fruit onto bottom half, top with a large dollop of cream and top half of biscuit. Top biscuits with more whipped cream, if desired.

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Whipped Cream