servings: 4
prep time: 15 minutes
cook time: 30 minutes
total time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- 4 green Anjou pears
- ¼ cup dark brown sugar
- 1½ teaspoon freshly grated ginger (or 2 teaspoons ground ginger)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg
- pinch of sea salt
- 1 cup spelt flour (or whole wheat)
- ½ cup old fashioned oats (not instant)
- ¼ cup dark brown sugar
- ½ cup ground nuts (walnuts and almonds)
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup butter (room temperature)
Preparation:
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2: Peel and core pears using a spoon, or melon-baller. Chop pears into 1 inch chunks.
Step 3: In a bowl, toss chopped pears, brown sugar, grated ginger, vanilla extract, nutmeg, and sea salt together.
Step 4: Transfer mixture to a 9 inch round baking dish.
Step 5: Cut room-temperature butter into cubes.
Step 6: In a bowl, mix together flour, oats, sugar, nuts, and cinnamon.
Step 7: Add cubed butter to flour mixture.
Step 8: Using your fingertips, rub butter into flour mixture, until large crumbs form.
Step 9: Evenly pour crumb mixture over pears.
Step 10: Bake for 30 minutes, until top is golden brown and pears are bubbly. Serve with yogurt, or vanilla ice cream, or plain!
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