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Pear And Sour Cherry Crisp

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A home-kitchen version of pear and sour cherry crisp, written step by step so it's easy to follow that's worth the oven time.

Pear And Sour Cherry Crisp
Total
60 min
Level
Hard

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 c. flour
  • 1 c. sugar, divided 1/3 and 2/3
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 tsp. nutmeg
  • 9 Tbsp. butter or margarine
  • 2 lb. pears (about 4 large)
  • 16 oz. can pitted tart cherries (in juice)
  • 3 Tbsp. cornstarch
  • 1/4 tsp. almond extract

Method

  1. Heat oven to 375°.

  2. Combine flour, 1/3 cup sugar, salt and nutmeg.

  3. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.

  4. Peel and core pears and cut into chunks.

  5. Drain cherries.

  6. Combine pears and cherries with remaining 2/3 cup sugar, cornstarch and almond extract.

  7. Put fruit mixture in a 2-quart baking dish.

  8. Sprinkle crumb topping over fruit.

  9. Bake until golden, about 1 hour.

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