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Candied ginger is such a sweet yet potent flavor. I like to incorporate it in certain desserts to impart the bite and the aroma that only ginger can give. With an over abundance of pears on the market right now and the regular apple crisp stand by recipe to use, this fits the bill.

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup rolled oats
• 1/4 toasted, chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup chopped candied ginger
• 5 pears, cored and cut into chunks
• 3 apples – Granny Smith (for tart) or Golden Delicious (for sweeter)
• 1/3 cup of butter
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400˚. Peel, core and slice the apples into bite size pieces as well as the pears. Chop the candied ginger and set aside. In a frying pan toast the walnuts for a few minutes, do not burn. Coarsely chop and set aside. Place all of these ingredients in the same bowl and mix well to incorporate. Pour in a greased 13″ x 9″ baking pan.

In a mixing bowl beat the flour, sugar, egg, vanilla and baking soda until it becomes a crumbled mixture. Toss in the rolled oats and mix again loosely. Sprinkle this mixture over the apples and pears . Melt the butter, drizzle over the top and sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake for 40 minutes.

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This is just another rendition of my grandma’s Apple Crisp, but with my favorite fruit, strawberries and an addition of some firm pairs. I have found that by adding all off the dry ingredients in a bowl and then beat in the egg, it makes for a more crumbly mixture. Before I would beat the egg and sugar then add the dry ingredients and the outcome was a pasty, doughy mixture I had to break apart to crumble over the top of the fruit. The added oats makes it additionally crunchy.

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1tsp baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 pears, cored and chopped into 1″ chunks
• 1 basket of strawberries, each sliced in half
• 1/3 cup of butter
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400˚. Peel, core and slice the apples into bite size pieces. Place in a greased 13″ x 9″ baking pan.

In a mixing bowl beat the flour, sugar, egg, vanilla and baking soda until it becomes a crumbled mixture. Sprinkle this mixture over the apples. Melt the butter, drizzle over the top and sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake for 40 minutes.

Tags: pears, strawberries
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