Made With Our Own Ranch Pears!
(But you can make it with store bought pears!)
Ingredients
For Crumble Crust:
1 1/8 cups all purpose flour
2 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
3 tablespoons soft salted butter, cubed
2 egg yolks
2 1/2 tsp. lemon juice
For Pear Mix:
2 1/2 cups of diced pears
1 tablespoon all purpose flour
For Cinnamon Sauce:
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
For Crumble Crust:
Mix together flour and sugar in a large bowl. Toss the cubed butter into the mix, and whisk and mash with a fork until the lumps are even throughout.
In a separate, smaller bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and lemon juice, then add them to the large bowl of flour, sugar, and butter. Whisk and mash the mix together until the crumbles are even. Move 1/2 cup of crumble mix to a small bowl for later use.
Grease a glass or aluminium 8″ x 6″ pan, and press the crumble mix to the sides. Bake at 375 for 11-14 minutes or until the edges brown.
For Pear Mix:
While waiting for the crust to cook, dice the pears, leaving the skin on. (If the pears are not soft enough to eat alone, cook the cubes in a skillet with a tablespoon of butter. Bring the butter to a simmer, then add pear bits until they are soft enough.) Put the pears bits into a small mixing bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of flour and mix with your hands until the pears are evenly coated.
For Cinnamon Sauce:
In a small saucepan, whisk sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, water and lemon juice. Then turn the stove on medium and bring the sauce to a boil. Then, add the butter and vanilla extract and stir. The sauce should be thick like caramel.
For the first layer, scoop the pear mix into the cooked crust.
Then, evenly spread cinnamon sauce over the pears. Cut a few slices of butter (1-2 tablespoons) and dot them on top of the sauce.
Finally, cover the top with the remaining crumble mix.
Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes, or until the top crumbles are brown and the cinnamon sauce is bubbling. (I’d top it with ice-cream!)