This pear and cherry crisp is a delicious mixture of sweet and tart. It's an easy dessert to make for company.
Ingredients
- pears - peeled, cored, and: 2 pound (chopped)
- pitted sour cherries: 1 can (16 ounce can, drained)
- cornstarch: 3 Tbsp
- white sugar: 0.66667 cup
- almond extract: 0.25 tsp
- ½ cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
- white sugar: 0.33333 cup
- salt: 0.75 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 0.75 tsp
- butter: 9 Tbsp
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 2-quart baking dish.
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Mix pears, cherries, cornstarch, 2/3 cup sugar, and almond extract in prepared baking dish. Combine flour, 1/3 cup sugar, salt, and nutmeg in a bowl; cut in butter with a knife or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle flour mixture over fruit.
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Bake in preheated oven until crust is golden, about 1 hour.
