Easy pear cobbler

This lovely fruity dessert is great for a cold winter's day when you want something to fill your tum. Use tinned pears or fresh - whatever you have to hand because this is all about the easy!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sliced fresh pears

    you could use tinned pear halves in natural juice too – just slice them!

  • 1 cup white sugar

  • 50g butter or margarine

  • ¾ cup plain flour

  • 2 tsp baking powder

  • 1 tsp cinnamon

  • ¼ tsp salt

  • ¾ cup milk

  • 1 egg

Allergy Advice

Contains Dairy

Contains Eggs

Contains Gluten

Equipment

  • 1 casserole or oven dish
  • 1 bowl
  • 1 whisk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C.
  2. In a small casserole or oven dish, put the butter in and place in the oven.
  3. Peel/slice your pears and set aside in bowl with half the sugar (half a cup).
  4. Combine dry ingredients, and then add milk and egg with a whisk to make a batter.
  5. When the butter has melted in your casserole dish, pour in the batter. DO NOT MIX.
  6. On top of the batter mix, add the pears. Put in oven for one hour.

Notes

Tip
Serve with ice-cream or cream… mmmm. I reckon it would be great with toffee top too!
Variation
If you don’t have or like pears, substitute for peaches or apples or even cherries. Yum.

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