How to Make Easy Dutch Pear Pie

File this one in your favorite pear pie recipe, bakers. The tarter your pears, the yummier this pie. This particular pear pie tastes best slightly warm--with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, of course.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 5 cups sliced ripe pears (tart)
• 1 flash-baked pie shell (9")
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour (plus 3 more tablespoons flour)
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1. Place sliced pears in the flash-baked pie shell. If your pear slices are very thin, this gives the pie the appearance of a European tart, and you could even cook it in a tart pan, if you like. Really recommended for this pie is the sugar cookie pie crust (see Resource Link Below).

2. Mix together the egg, vanilla, sour cream, salt, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 2 tablespoons flour in a medium-sized bowl. Pour over the pears.

3. Bake pie at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. While the pear pie is baking, make the crumble topping (see below step).

4. With a pastry cutter or fork, mix together the brown sugar, butter, chopped nuts and 3 tablespoons flour. The mixture should be nice and crumbly (cutting the butter into smaller pieces before adding it to the mixture is helpful).

5. Sprinkle the crumble topping over the pear pie. Bake for another 25-35 minutes. Remove from oven and serve while still warm.

Tips & Warnings

• If you like, you can substitute tart apple slices. This makes an awesome Dutch Apple Pie.

Resources

• Sugar Cookie Pie Crust

[AmyRose]

on 8/4/2009 Yum, I can't wait to try this, 5*