What can I make?

One day I was pondering what to do with all those peaches and pears …

Last summer I decided to cut down on starches, so with no flour, baking powder or sugar in the house I was hard pressed to come up with something… just then my daughter brought home a box of instance pancake mix, I was inspired with a creative idea.

Here’s the recipe for “Sort of a Fruit Torte”

Ingredients

1 Cup of Instant Pancake Mix
¼ water (fruit juice from can substitute)
1 Can of fruit

Utensils Spoon - pie pan and mixing bowl

Oven Temperature - 350o degrees

Baking Time - 30 minutes or until brown

Directions

Open a can of fruit and drain ¼ of the juice into mixing bowl.

Next, pour 1 cup of instant pancake mix into a pie pan, or enough to cover the bottom of the pan as if making a pie shell.

Slowly pour about ¼ of water, milk or the fruit juice (use only one) into the powdered mix –add just enough liquid to make a tick paste-like batter and make sure its enough to cover the bottom of your pie pan – if not adjust the flower or liquid accordingly.

Next, add the remaining fruit on top of the pancake batter in the pie shell (if you used milk or water include about ¼ of the fruit juice).

Bake for 30 minutes and check to see if it has browned, continue until golden brown in color or to your preference.

Alternatives:

After baking 20 minutes - use a few chips of butter for browning the crust

Extras, a sprinkle of sugar, nuts, oats and spices like cinnamon and nutmeg are optional alternatives.

For Pantry Baking – it’s a cheap Tort of sorts.

For other ideas see Aunt Jemima and Betty Crocker for recipes.