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.