Apple-Pear Crisp

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Ingredients:

for the base:
3 large tart apples*, cubed
3 large pears**, cubed
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon corn starch

for the topping:
1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup light brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour or spray with cooking spray with flour one 9 inch pie plate or a 8×8 baking dish. In a medium bowl, mix together the apples, pears, brown sugar, cinnamon and corn starch to make the base. Pour and spread evenly over prepared baking dish. In a small bowl, stir together flour, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and oats until a coarse meal forms. Sprinkle evenly over the fruit mixture. Bake 30 minutes or until the fruit is soft and bubbly and the top is lightly brown. Serve warm.

*I used Granny Smith apples but any baking apple would work.
**I used Barlett pears but Bosc or Anjou would be yummy alternative.

My thoughts:
There is a bit of damp coolness in the air that I haven’t felt in a long time. It seemed to call out for a warm fruity dish of some sort. We had some pears that were in danger of spoiling so I came up with this as a way of both using them up and creating a yummy breakfast.I love how the brown sugar carmelizes and how the sweet fruit contrasts with the crisp oats. For those of you interested in that sort of thing, the difference between a crisp and crumble is highly debated as they are both fruit dishes with a crumbled topping, but since in this recipe the topping is very crisp (quite unlike that of the topping on the divine apple crumble I made a while back) I believe I am correct in calling it a crisp.

9 Comments

  1. Bibi
    September 30, 2006 at 9:30 pm

    Oh my!! Your yummy pictures have made me realize how hungry I am … have to go eat 😉

  2. Anonymous
    September 30, 2006 at 10:34 pm

    My favorite, favorite fall dessert is apple crisp. I love the addition of the pears; I’ll have to try that!

  3. Anonymous
    September 30, 2006 at 10:50 pm

    Yum! That looks great 🙂 I’ll have to try it using Earth Balance instead of butter.

  4. Alpineberry Mary
    September 30, 2006 at 11:35 pm

    I never know whether to call it a crisp or crumble either. But it’s definitely delicious and perfect for autumn.

  5. Anonymous
    October 1, 2006 at 1:02 am

    This sounds delicious! And just right for this time of year. I’ve made apple crisps before, but never with pears. I must try that.

  6. Anonymous
    October 1, 2006 at 7:18 pm

    It’s cold & chilly where I live, so this sounds perfect!

  7. Roni
    October 1, 2006 at 9:49 pm

    We went apple picking yesterday & now have a TON of apples to use. So this recipe had great timing. 🙂

    we got gala, golden delicious, jonagolds, and jonathons. keep the apple recipes coming! I have a ton of baking to do tomorrow night.

  8. Anonymous
    October 2, 2006 at 3:45 pm

    The pears are a great addition to a crisp, they have such a fall feeling. This looks delicious.

  9. Anonymous
    November 5, 2006 at 1:42 am

    Hi there! I am a new reader and actually tried out this recipe tonight and looooved it! Thank you so much!! 🙂