Ingredients
Units
Scale
- 1 Tbs vegan butter, melted (I use Earth Balance)
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 chia seed or flax egg (see Note)
- 1/3 cup vegan sugar
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 cup neutral oil
- 1/3 cup plain vegan yogurt
- 1/4 cup packed vegan brown sugar
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
- 3 pears, peeled, cored and thinly sliced lengthwise
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Brush a cast iron skillet, 8×8 baking dish or deep pie dish with the melted butter.
- Press the brown sugar evenly over the bottom of the prepared skillet or dish.
- Sprinkle nuts over sugar.
- Arrange pear slices in overlapping circles over the nuts. Set dish aside.
- Whisk together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside.
- Beat the chia or flax egg, sugar and molasses together with an electric mixer until thoroughly blended.
- Add the applesauce, oil and yogurt and beat until blended.
- Fold in the flour mixture and pour the batter over the pears.
- Bake 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Invert it onto serving platter and serve.
Notes
Make a chia or flax egg by combining one Tbs of ground flax or chia seeds with 3 Tbs water. Mix well and set aside for 15 minutes or until thickened.