Our boys love pears, so we decided to make pear crisp. I found this recipe in my new cookbook from Cook's Illustrated, The Baking Book, and we really enjoyed this. Each serving was 199 calories, and the boys gave it a perfect 10, while I gave it a 9, because although it was a great crisp, I don't love pears. Here's what to do:
1/2 c oats
1/2 c pecans
1/2 c flour
1/4 c brown sugar
2 T sugar
1/4 t cinnamon
1/8 t nutmeg
1/8 t salt
6 T unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2 T sugar
2 t lemon juice
1 t cornstarch
pinch of salt
3 lbs pears, peeled, cored, and cut into bite-size pieces
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees and line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
In a food processor, pulse the nuts, oats, flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt until nuts are finely ground. Drizzle the melted butter over the mixture and pulse a few seconds, then set aside.
Whisk sugar, lemon juice, cornstarch and salt together in a bow. Toss the pears with the mixture and place on the cookie sheet. Crumble the nut/oat topping over the pears and bake for 30 minutes, rotating the crisp halfway through cooking. Let cool slightly and serve.
It sounds just like apple crisp from the list of ingredients. does it taste as good? Love mom
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