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Volume 1, Number 35 - January 28, 2000
Maple Pear Crunch

 

Ingredients:
1/3 cup maple syrup
1 Tbs. lemon juice
4 large ripe firm pears, cored and thinly sliced
1/2 cup all purpose flour
3 Tbs. yellow cornmeal
3 Tbs. brown sugar, packed
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces 

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375°F. Combine maple syrup and lemon juice in a heavy non-reactive saucepan. Cook over low heat 5 minutes or until very hot. Remove from heat. Stir in pear slices and transfer to a buttered baking dish. Set aside. Combine next 4 ingredients in a food processor or bowl. Add butter and cut into dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle topping over pears and bake 40 minutes or until bubbly and golden.

Quantity: 
Makes 4 servings