I am so excited that today is my turn to share with you an Inspiring Autumn recipe! I’m going to show you how to make my famous Pear Pie – which is a creation that I came up with a few years ago and is always a hit!!
Ingredients -
- 5-7 firm Bartlett Pears, peeled, cored, & sliced to 1/8 inch
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 2/3 c. Sugar
- 1/3 c. All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 tsp ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground Cardamom
- 1/4 tsp ground Ginger
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- Dash of freshly grated Nutmeg
- 1 tbsp Butter, cut into small pieces
- Pie Crust – homemade or store bought
- 1 Egg White, lightly beaten w/ 1 tsp water
- 1 tsp Sugar
Prepare your pie crust according to your favorite recipe or the store-bought instructions (personally, I like the Pillsbury store-bought kind). Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Toss your sliced pears and lemon juice until well coated. The key to any good dish is consistency, so try to slice your pears evenly. To do this, I use a mandolin slicer (which is one of the most used & best purchased items in my kitchen).
In a medium sized bowl, combine sugar and next 6 ingredients. Whisk to mix evenly.
Pour sugar mixture over sliced pears & toss until coated evenly.
Line the bottom of a 9″ pie plate with one pie crust & dust lightly with flour (to soak up any extra juices). Pour your pear mixture evenly into the pie crust & dot with pieces of butter.
Cover with top pie crust & cut 4 one-inch slices in the top to allow for steam to escape. To make mine fancier, I used a set of leaves cutouts to cut various shapes of leaves out of my pie crust, after I had rolled it a bit thinner than usually preferred. I arranged the cutouts so they overlapped slightly & left slight holes in the top so the steam could escape. Brush the top of the pie with egg wash (egg white lightly beaten with water) & sprinkle with sugar.
Place your pie on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil & place on center rack of the oven (alternatively, you can put the cookie sheet on the bottom rack, and your pie on the center rack). Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Without opening the oven, reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 40 minutes, or until golden brown & bubbling slightly. Watch your pie closely & if the edges begin to brown too quickly, over them with a silicon pie crust shield, or aluminum foil cut to fit over the edges only.
Cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
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Your pear pie sounds (and looks) super yummy! Each autumn I make a pumpkin cheesecake. It is by far my family's most favorite dessert I make each year!
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I love to make apple pies in the Fall!
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Oh gosh, I don't know if I have a favorite fall recipe. I really love caramel apples when it comes to food. my mom loves pumpkin pie. My aunt does have this amazing soup that I love for the fall/winter.
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I make Pumpkin Crisp a lot. I have already begun to make it as a special treat for my father while he is in the hospital (he loves it).
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Your pie is beautiful (I love the crust!). My favorite fall recipe is Pumpkin Pie. I usually use the recipe on the Libby's Pumpkin can.
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Cheesecake with cranberry topping. Or pumpkin pie with cranberry topping. Or pumpkin cheesecake with cranberry topping. (Hmmm… I sense a theme…)
Fave fall recipe is pumpkin loaf, sorta like pumpkin bread but alot more moist like cake!!
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We love apple pie- wish I had your pear recipe when we had pear trees years ago looks delicious
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I love double layer pumpkin pie. Mmmmm
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My favorite fall recipe is anything that includes pumpkin and/or apples. I have a pumpkin and apple bread that is the best!!!
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What a beautiful Pie. I love making Apple Pies with a latticed crust and dough birds around a fluted rim. I use a basic pie crust with butter and minimal sugar. Granny Smiths are best and bananas instead of Sugar for the filling, along with a little vanilla, walnuts, lemon, nutmeg and allspice.
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Your pie looks YUMMMY!!!!!! My fav is regular pumpkin pie, there is nothing better than one warm from the oven with a dollop of whipped cream on top….
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