Pear Oven Pancake (and a Giveaway! CLOSED!)

December 10, 2009 · 887 comments

**Update: This giveaway is now closed. Winner will be announced later tonight.

Congrats to #56 Mandie D!!!

After looking through the Holiday Recipe Guide from Carnation, I decided this Pear Oven Pancake was worth a try! And boy am I glad I did! It took minutes to prepare, and of course filled the house with a fantastic aroma. It puffed up like a balloon (as seen above), and then returned to a “pancake” look after it cooled down. Slice and serve. Yum!

Ingredients
2 Tbsp melted butter
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar plus 2 Tbsp sugar, divided
1/4 tsp salt
1 12 ounce can Carnation Evaporated Milk
3 large eggs
1 ripe pear, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 450.
2. Place melted butter in the base of a pie plate or 9×9 round cake pan and swirl so it coats the bottom.
3. In medium bowl, combine the flour, 1/4 cup sugar, and salt.
4. In another bowl, whisk the Carnation Evaporated Milk and the eggs until well blended. Pour into the flour mixture and whisk together. Pour batter into pie plate.
5. Arrange the pear slices in a pinwheel in the batter. (The pear slices will “float” a bit!)
6. Combine the 2 Tbsp sugar and the cinnamon and sprinkle over the top.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until puffed up and begins to golden on the top. Serve warm.

Steve and I both really enjoyed this…both for breakfast, and later as an afternoon snack!

Giveaway

If you’re wanting to do some experiments in your kitchen this holiday season, then here’s a giveaway for you!

I’m offering a $100 Visa Gift Card to 1 lucky winner to do just that! Winner will also receive a copy of the Holiday Recipe Guide booklet, as well as several free item coupons for Carnation Evaporated Milk.

Entry Details

1. Contest ends Tuesday, December 15th at 5 pm EST. Winners will be announced back here on this post, and notified via email with further instructions.

2. Entry #1: Leave a comment just saying you want to win.

3. Entry #2: Leave a SEPARATE comment telling me in what way you promoted this contest (i.e., posting it in a forum, posting about it on your blog, Tweet about it, emailing all your friends, and/or subscribe to my feed by email or in a reader).

4. Entry #3: Leave another SEPARATE comment telling me which of the recipes from the Holiday Recipe Guide you’d like to try this holiday season!

5. Winner will be selected by Random.org.

**NOTE: If you receive the email newsletter and wish to enter this giveaway, click on the title of this giveaway to get to the site and leave a comment on the site with your name and email address to be entered!

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Nestle Carnation Evaporated Milk. I did receive compensation for the ingredients purchased to make this meal, as well as for my time in preparing the recipes. You can read the full disclosure policy for $5 Dinners here.

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1 kimbly December 15, 2009 at 4:24 am: I subscribe in Google Reader

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2 kimbly December 15, 2009 at 4:25 am: I’d love to try the Ham-it-Up White Bean Soup – it’s hard to beat a bowl of white bean soup in the cold weather!

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3 Liesl A. December 15, 2009 at 9:28 am: this would be really great this month!

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10 Melissa A December 15, 2009 at 2:50 pm: Want it. Need it. Love it.

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11 katie December 16, 2009 at 10:12 am: i want it! i love using evaporated milk in baking!

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12 katie December 16, 2009 at 10:12 am: i also subscribe to your blog via email

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13 katie December 16, 2009 at 10:14 am: posted on twitter

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14 Rachel December 16, 2009 at 10:14 am: I would enjoy this gift!

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15 katie December 16, 2009 at 10:15 am: I want to try the thai peanut ginger wings – those sound YUMMY!

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16 Vintagesquirrel December 16, 2009 at 10:19 am: Oooh, I would LOVE to win a Visa gift card…sure could use it right now.

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17 Jamie December 16, 2009 at 10:26 am: I would love to win. Great giveaway.

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18 Jodi December 16, 2009 at 10:27 am: I’d love to win

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19 Rachel December 16, 2009 at 10:27 am: I want to win!

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20 Rachel December 16, 2009 at 10:27 am: I want to win, AND I RT you on twitter to help get the word out!

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21 Rachel December 16, 2009 at 10:28 am: I want to win AND I want to try that delicious looking pear oven pancake! Maybe with some honey crisp apples or other fruit, too.

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22 Lauren December 16, 2009 at 10:33 am: I would do anything to win!

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23 Lauren December 16, 2009 at 10:37 am: I promoted this contest on my facebook page and emailed it to my friends and family!

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24 Debbie December 16, 2009 at 10:39 am: I could use a $100 Visa gift card right about now!

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25 Lauren December 16, 2009 at 10:43 am: I will absolutely be trying the Smoked Almond Blue Cheese Dip. I suffer from celiac disease and am a vegetarian, so the wheat-free / meat-free combination is ideal. This looks delicious!

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26 natalyn December 16, 2009 at 10:47 am: I want to win!

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27 Djuana Hamner December 16, 2009 at 10:58 am: I love to bake with Carnation!

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28 Djuana Hamner December 16, 2009 at 11:01 am: I think we are going to have the Prime Time Pepperoni Pizza pie for dinner tonight. It looks simple and yummy!

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29 Heather December 16, 2009 at 11:03 am: I would love to win…that would be wonderful right about now:)

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30 Heather December 16, 2009 at 11:07 am: I tweeted about the giveaway.

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31 Heather December 16, 2009 at 11:08 am: The thai ginger chicken wings sound wonderful.

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32 Katie @ FrugalFemina.com December 16, 2009 at 3:09 pm: Of course would love to win!

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33 Katie @ FrugalFemina December 16, 2009 at 3:10 pm: I’m an e-mail subscriber.

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34 @MandieD79 December 17, 2009 at 7:44 am: Thank you! I haven’t entered many contests and of course won even less. It will be fun to make all kinds of holiday goodies for family and friends. Happy Holidays!

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