Ginger-pear crisp
9 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Rolled oats; uncooked |
| ½ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ¼ | cup | Firmly packed brown sugar |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Ground cloves |
| ½ | cup | Butter or margarine; chilled |
| ½ | cup | Blanched almonds; coarsely chopped |
| 3 | tablespoons | Crystallized ginger; finely chopped |
| 6 | cups | Peeled pears; cored and sliced |
| Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream; optional | ||
Directions
Preheat oven to 400F. Butter an 8" square glass baking dish. Combine oats, flour, brown sugar, and cloves in medium bowl; mix well. Cut in btter with bastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Stir in almonds and ginger.
Arrange pears in prepared dish. Sprinkle oat mixture evenly over pears.
Bake 30 min or until topping is golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.
Recipe By : Best Recipes 6/94 Posted to FOODWINE Digest 9 October 96 Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 23:11:37 -0500 From: Ellen Court <CourtMoss@...>