Pear Crumble Pie
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 6 Categories:
Desserts
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Fruits
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Pies & Pastries
Ingredients: 1
9 in.
pie crust 2/3
c
packed brown sugar 1/2
c
flour 1
t
ground ginger 1/4
c
cold butter,
cut up in pieces
6
md
pears,
peeled,halved &
cored
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375. In medium bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, &
ginger. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle
half the crumbs (about 3/4 c.) evenly in pie shell. Coarsely chop 4
pear halves & scatter over the crumbs. Cut 7 pear halves lenghtwise from
wide end almost to the stem end in 1/4 inch thick slices. Arrange on
crumb-pear mixture with wide ends of pears around edge of pie. Gently
press down on pear halves to fan slices. Coarsely chop the remaining
pear half & fill space in center of pie. Sprinkle pears evenly with
remaining crumbs. Bake 40-45 minutes, until crumbs are browned & pears
are tender. Remove to wire rack to cool. Serve at room temperature.
By "Lloyd A. Carver" <lloyd2@mindspring.com> on Jan 5, 1996
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