Grape Pear Crisp Recipes

BONNIE'S PEAR AND GRAPE CRISP

Steps:

• 1. EQUIPMENT: You will need a glass 8X8 greased baking dish, and a medium mixing bowl and small mixing bowl.
• 2. OVEN TEMPERATURE AND TIME: Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees and bake 30 minutes.
• 3. MAKING THE 1ST LAYER: in the small mixing bowl, combine the sliced pears and the seedless, halved grapes. Add 2 tablespoons of flour and the almond extract and mix gently. Add this mixture evenly to the greased glass baking dish.
• 4. MAKING THE 2ND LAYER: In the medium mixing bowl, add brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and flour. Cut in the butter in until the mixture is of a coarse texture. Add the chopped walnuts, mix, and sprinkle this mixture over the fruit layer, spread it evenly. Bake in preheated oven at 375 degrees until lightly browned.
• 5. Cook's Tip: Use with any combination of fruit or pie filling.

PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack in center.
• Crisp topping:Stir together oats, sugar, almonds, flour, and salt. Add butter and mix with hands until small clumps form and dry mixture is coated in butter. Cover with plastic and refrigerate.
• Filling:Peel, halve, and core pears, then slice into 1/2-inch-thick pieces. Add to a large bowl and toss with lime juice as you work to prevent pears from browning. Toss with sugar, ginger, flour, and salt. Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish. Remove crisp topping from refrigerator and break into small pieces. Scatter evenly over the top. Transfer to oven and bake until bubbly, 50 to 60 minutes (tent top with foil if browning too quickly). Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack 20 minutes before serving with vanilla ice cream. Crisp is best eaten the day it's made, but can be stored, covered, for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.

PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Toss pears with orange juice; place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Combine the sugar, cinnamon, allspice and ginger; sprinkle over pears., For topping, in a small bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar and baking powder; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over pears., Bake until topping is golden brown and fruit is tender, 35-40 minutes. Serve warm. If desired, garnish with mint.

RASPBERRY PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• Place pears in an 8-inch square baking dish coated with non-stick cooking spray.
• Sprinkle pears with raspberries and sugar.
• In a bowl, combine the remaining ingredients.
• Sprinkle over berries.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until pears are tender and mixture is bubbly.
• Serve warm.
• Excellent with vanilla ice cream, especially if you drizzle the juice over the ice cream.
• Diabetic Exchange is 2 fruits.

CLASSIC PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish or 9 inch square baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, brown sugar, 1/2 cup flour, 1 teaspoon crystallized ginger, and cinnamon. Stir in the butter until the mixture is crumbly with pea sized lumps. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, stir together the white sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 2 teaspoons of crystallized ginger. Add the sliced pears, and toss to blend. Transfer to the prepared baking dish. Spread with the oat topping.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until pears are soft and topping is golden brown. Cool slightly before serving with vanilla ice cream.