pear-fect!

How To Make pear-fect!

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  For the Cake-Pie-Tarts: In a medium mixing bowl combine white/yellow cake mix & salt. When you've finished stirring add the milk.
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  Now lightly grease your muffin tins & sacrifice a little extra cake mix to the counter-top/work surface. Roll out your dough. You may use cookie cutters to make circles or mini-crusts. I grab the dough by the handful and press it into the lightly greased muffin tins.
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  Place muffin tins in pre-heated oven and let bake for about 7 minutes and check them. The cake mix will cause the tarts to rise. Take a spoon and lightly touch the center. They will cave to form the tart.
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  4

  Let bake for about 8 more minutes. Remove from oven and cool.
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  Pears (or apples): Combine pears (sliced & diced) with butter,lemon juice and water in a medium pot over medium-high heat. Stir in the brown sugar and cover with lid. let sit for 5 minutes.
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  6

  Reduce heat to simmer and remove lid. Let sit for 10 minutes. Strain.
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  Pudding: Combine instant pudding & milk in a medium bowl and set in a cool space.
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  8

  All together now!: Gently lift tarts (after they've cooled!) from muffin tins with a spoon to the edge. Fill with pudding. Add a spoonful (or so) of pears and sigh/dash with cinnamon.
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  9

  Enjoy, you earned it! ;)
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