Apple and Pear Crisp

Warm apple and pear crisp is comforting and delicious, especially with ice cream!

***This post was originally published five years ago! It’s one of my favorite recipes and was worth sharing again with new photos and an easily printable recipe. And yes, once again, we ate the whole thing in one weekend.***

I call this a weekend dessert because it won’t last you more than 2 days.  Whether you live alone or with a significant other, or especially if you have kids, this dessert will be eaten in less than 2 days.  I speak the truth because I baked mine last night and now there is none left.

One week after a trip to Costco, we still had a ton of apples and pears left uneaten.  The apples wouldn’t go bad, but I knew the pears would be browned and bruised in a few days.  Obviously the only solution is baking:-)  Since I have seen so many apple crisps in the blogworld lately, I decided to jump on the bandwagon and make one of my own.

Yesterday was an amazing day.  I had no real agenda and was able to take advantage of the cloudless sky and perfect temperatures with a walk along the west side of Manhattan.  It was my first weekend in MONTHS without an event or travelling.  It was amazing!  And really, there aren’t many things better than a perfect fall day that ends with a warm Apple and Pear Crisp topped with vanilla ice cream.

I used 3 bartlett pears and 3 honeycrisp apples (great deal on those at Costco, fyi) to make a crisp that should serve 6.  We got 4 servings…

Sidenote, any dessert served warm with ice cream is a winner in my book

Apple and Pear Crisp

 

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Warm apple and pear crisp is comforting and delicious, especially with ice cream!

Author: Lauren Lilling

Recipe type: Dessert

Makes: 6 servings

Ingredients

Filling:

• 3 large honeycrisp apples, thinly sliced*
• 3 ripe but firm medium pears, thinly sliced**
• 40g (1/4 cup) white whole wheat flour
• 50g (1/4 cup) granulated sugar
• 2g (1 teaspoon) ground cinnamon

Topping:

• 80g (1/2 cup) white whole wheat flour
• 115g (1/2 cup, tightly packed) brown sugar (light or dark)
• 1g (1/2 teaspoon) ground cinnamon
• 71g (5 tablespoons) unsalted butter, chilled

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees

Make filling:

1. Place apples and pears into a large mixing bowl
2. Stir in the flour, sugar, and cinnamon until all fruit is coated
3. Spread out the filling in a 9×9 pan or baking dish

Make topping:

1. Cut your butter into the mixture of brown sugar, flour and cinnamon
2. Use fingers to combine until you are left with small lumps and pour it over the apples
3. Bake for about 50-60 minutes or until fruit is tender and bubbling and the topping is browned
4. Allow to cool for a few minutes and then serve topped with ice cream and or whipped cream

Notes

*honeycrisp worked really well, a mixture of braeburn and granny smith would be good for a sweet and tart combination; peeling optional
**I used bartlett but bosc would also work; peeling optional

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