Recipe#8478

Title: Fondant with Pears or Cherries

SOAR

      Yield: 8 servings
 
      6    Pears
           -OR
      1 lb Fresh cherries
      1 c  Flour
      1 c  Sugar
      1 t  Baking powder
      5    Eggs
      3 T  Water (approximately)
        pn Cinnamon
        pn Salt
    1/4 lb Butter, softened
 
  Chop unpeeled pears into bite-sized chunks. (Or pit cherries and cut
  in half.) Arrange the fruit on the bottom of a greased tart pan.
  
  To make the pastry, mix all ingredients, except softened butter, with
  a beater. When well-blended, add butter. Pour batter over the fruit.
  Bake in a 300'F. oven for 30 minutes.
  
  Nutrition analysis per serving: 375 calories; 15.3 grams fat; 161
  milligrams cholesterol; 182 milligrams sodium; 36% of calories from
  fat.