Pear Crisp

Recently, we enjoyed a morning of pear-picking with some of our favorite friends.  The kids had a blast, and picked way too many pears for us to eat in a reasonable time frame.

So I tracked down this recipe from Elana Amsterdam of Elana’s Pantry, and tweaked it just a bit.  It turned out great!  Enjoy…

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Pear Crisp {gluten, dairy & egg-free}

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup apple juice*
• 1 TB lemon juice
• 1 TB arrowroot powder
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• About 5 pears, peeled, cored and sliced to about 1/4-inch thickness. 

Topping

• 2 cups blanched almond flour
• 1/2 tsp unrefined sea salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
• 1/4 cup raw, local honey
• 1 TB vanilla extract 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the first four ingredients.
3. Add the pears and toss until evenly coated.
4. Transfer pears to 8×8 baking dish.
5. In a large bowl, combine almond flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
6. In a small bowl, whisk together coconut oil, honey and vanilla.
7. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry mixture until coarsely blended.
8. Sprinkle the topping over the pears and cover the dish with foil.
9. Bake for about 45 minutes.  Remove foil and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes, until golden brown and bubbling.
10. Let it cool for about 30 minutes and serve warm.

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*We don’t keep juice around at the Yankee Homestead, so I actually used the Vitamix to whip up a tiny batch of juice from a few apples we had on hand.  It was really easy, and since I intended to bake with the juice, I didn’t have to be too fussy about the thickness. Here’s the procedure: Apple Juice.

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By the way, I think this recipe would work well for apples, too.  Check out Elana’s recipe for Apple Crisp.  It’s very similar.

 Don’t you think pear (or apple) crisp makes a great fall dessert?

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