Instructions: BAKE at 375 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.

Serves 8. Prepare 3 medium sized
pears, pared and sliced. Place in a 10 x 6 inch baking dish. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup flour and 1/4 cup brown sugar. (Or substitute 3 cups canned sliced pears. Decrease brown sugar to 2 tablespoons). Combine 1/2 cup mincemeat, lemon juice, and 3 tablespoons melted butter. Set aside. Sift together 1 cup sifted flour, baking powder, and salt into mixing bowl. Cut in 2 tablespoons butter until particles are fine. Combine 1 egg and milk to measure 1/3 cup. Add with 1/3 cup prepared mincemeat to dry ingredients.

Stir until dough clings together. Drop by level tablespoonfuls into mixture of 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped. Place biscuits over pears. Sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture.

Drizzle with 1 tablespoon butter, melted. Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees) 30 to 35 minutes. Serve warm with Honey Spice Whipped Cream.
*for use with Pillsburys Best Self-Rising Flour, omit baking powder and salt.

Honey Spice Whipped Cream: Beat whipping cream until thickened. Add honey and cinnamon. Continue beating until thick.

Contest by Mrs. Robert E. Maurer, Pomona, California.

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