Adapted from: Weight Watchers Annual Recipes for Success 2009.
This is a heavenly, light dessert.
Enjoy with Love,
Catherine
| 4 | cups strawberries – quartered |
| ½ | cup sugar |
| 2 | tsps. Rum extract |
| 1 | cup all-purpose flour |
| 1 | tsp baking powder |
| ½ | tsp baking soda |
| ½ | tsp cinnamon |
| 1 | egg |
| 2 | tablespoons butter – melted |
| ½ | cup buttermilk |
| 3 | ripe pears – diced |
Preheat Oven -350 degrees:
Combine strawberries with 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tsp. rum extract and let sit in a container in the refrigerator.
Sift flour. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.
In a small bowl combine egg, sugar and butter; beat until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture and buttermilk to egg mixture. Stir in pears and rum extract.
Pour batter into a buttered baking dish and bake for about 25 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
Top with marinated strawberries.