Harvest Pear Crumb Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8


• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar


• 2 tablespoons cornstarch


• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon


• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger


• 1/8 teaspoon salt


• 1 dash ground nutmeg


• 6 cups thinly sliced peeled pears


• 1 tablespoon lemon juice


• 1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell


• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour


• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar


• 1/2 cup cold butter or 1/2 cup margarine

Recipe

• 1 mix together brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, ginger, salt, nutmeg, pear slices and lemon juice; mix well.


• 2 pour into pastry shell.


• 3 bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.


• 4 topping: mix together flour and brown sugar.


• 5 with a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.


• 6 sprinkle over pie filling.


• 7 bake 40 minutes longer.


• 8 cover edges of pie crust with foil during last 15 minutes to prevent getting too brown.