Pear Fruit Crisp With Vanilla Brown Butter Food

RENEE'S PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Spread pears to cover bottom of the baking dish; drizzle with melted butter and maple syrup.
• Stir flour, brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Cut softened butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs, adding more flour if necessary. Sprinkle topping over pears.
• Bake in preheated oven until pears are bubbling and topping is crisp, about 30 minutes.

PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack in center.
• Crisp topping:Stir together oats, sugar, almonds, flour, and salt. Add butter and mix with hands until small clumps form and dry mixture is coated in butter. Cover with plastic and refrigerate.
• Filling:Peel, halve, and core pears, then slice into 1/2-inch-thick pieces. Add to a large bowl and toss with lime juice as you work to prevent pears from browning. Toss with sugar, ginger, flour, and salt. Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish. Remove crisp topping from refrigerator and break into small pieces. Scatter evenly over the top. Transfer to oven and bake until bubbly, 50 to 60 minutes (tent top with foil if browning too quickly). Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack 20 minutes before serving with vanilla ice cream. Crisp is best eaten the day it's made, but can be stored, covered, for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.

PEAR CRISPS WITH VANILLA BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• Make topping:
• Pulse together flour, almonds, brown sugar, and salt in a food processor until nuts are finely chopped. Add butter and pulse just until blended. Coarsely crumble in a shallow baking pan and chill at least 1 hour.
• Make filling and bake crisps:
• Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in middle.
• Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into a small heavy saucepan, then add pod and butter and cook over medium-low heat, swirling pan occasionally, until butter is browned and fragrant, about 4 minutes.
• While butter browns, stir together sugars, flour, and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. Add pears and brandy and toss to combine.
• Discard vanilla pod, then toss butter with pear mixture. Spoon filling into gratin dishes and sprinkle with topping, mounding it slightly in centers. Put in a shallow baking pan and bake 30 minutes, then rotate baking sheet and bake until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbling, 10 to 15 minutes more. Cool to warm or room temperature on a rack.

PEAR FRUIT CRISP WITH VANILLA BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• Almond & Brown Sugar Topping: Pulse together flour, almonds, brown sugar, and salt in a food processor until nuts are finely chopped. Add cooled butter and pulse just until combined.
• Chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour. This prevents the crumble from spreading during baking.
• Vanilla Brown Butter Pear Filling: Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in middle.
• Split the vanilla bean and scrape the seeds into a small heavy saucepan, then add the pod and butter and cook over medium-low heat, swirling the pan occasionally, until butter is browned and the aroma is nutty, about 4 minutes. Best to devote your attention to this step as browning butter can burn easily. You can extend the life of those expensive vanilla beans by not adding the pod to the butter. Instead, follow this simple recipe to make homemade vanilla sugar which is perfect for your coffee or baking.
• Stir together sugars, flour, and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. Add pears and brandy and toss until pears are completely coated.
• Discard vanilla pod, then add butter to pear mixture and mix. Spoon filling into baking dish and sprinkle with topping, mounding it slightly in centers.
• Place baking dish on a baking sheet (this prevents spills) and bake 30 minutes, then rotate the baking sheet and bake until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbling, 10 to 15 minutes more.
• Remove from oven and cool to warm or room temperature on a rack.
• Enjoy! Make-ahead instructions: The topping can made in advance, chilled and covered for up to two days. The crisps can be assembled (but not baked) 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring them room temperature before baking.

CLASSIC PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish or 9 inch square baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, brown sugar, 1/2 cup flour, 1 teaspoon crystallized ginger, and cinnamon. Stir in the butter until the mixture is crumbly with pea sized lumps. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, stir together the white sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 2 teaspoons of crystallized ginger. Add the sliced pears, and toss to blend. Transfer to the prepared baking dish. Spread with the oat topping.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until pears are soft and topping is golden brown. Cool slightly before serving with vanilla ice cream.

PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 F degrees.
• Combine pears with white sugar, lemon juice, and lemon peel.
• Place in greased 8 inch square baking dish.
• Combine oatmeal, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and ginger.
• Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly.
• Sprinkle crumb mixture over pears.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until topping is crisped.
• Serve warm.

PEAR-PEACH CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• In a very large bowl toss together sliced fruit, raisins, the 3 tablespoons brown sugar, and 1/2 tsp ginger.
• press into the bottom of a 3-quart rectangular baking dish.
• For topping, in a small bowl combine oats, the cereal, nuts, the 1/4 cup brown sugar, the granulated sugar, and the 1/4 tsp ginger.
• Stir in the butter.
• Spoon over fruit.
• Pour orange or apple juice evenly over the topping.
• Bake, uncovered, for 55 minutes or until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbly.
• Remove to a wire rack.
• Cool about 45 minutes.
• Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, if desired.

FRESH PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in margarine until coarse crumbs form; set aside., Place pears in a large bowl. Sprinkle with sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, ginger and remaining cinnamon; toss to coat. Transfer to an 8-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with crumb mixture. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until pears are tender.

PEAR-CRANBERRY CRUMBLE-CRISP

Steps:

• In a bowl, toss pears with cornstarch. Add in cranberries, vanilla and brown sugar and stir gently to coat pears. Pour into an 8x8 pan.
• Mix dry ingredients for topping. Stir in melted butter and vanilla. Crumble over fruit mixture.
• Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake for 15-20 minutes more or until topping is lightly golden and pears are tender. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.