Smile.
For the Pie Crust:
1 cup oats
1½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ tsp. salt
¼ cup sugar
5 tablespoons butter
¼ - ½ cup milk
Preheat Oven 350 degrees:
Combine the oats, flour, salt and sugar in a bowl and mix; add the butter and work with your fingers into crumbs. Slowly, add the milk to form dough. Adjust the milk to the dough; you may not need all of the milk. Do not make your dough too sticky.
Lightly dust a clean surface with flour to roll out the dough to a ¼ inch thickness. Fit into a 9 inch pie shell and bake for 10 - 12 minutes.
Remove from the oven to cool.
For the Filling:
6 pears - peeled and sliced
Juice of ½ lemon
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup flour
Combine all of the above in a bowl and toss. Place in cooled pie crust shell.
For the Topping:
½ cup brown sugar
1 cup flour
5 tablespoons butter
½ tsp. cinnamon
Combine all of the above in a bowl and work with your fingers to form crumbs.
Place the crumbs generously over the pears. Use the left over dough to form hearts or your choice of shapes over the pie.
Bake 40 -45 minutes.
Enjoy with Love,
Catherine
Diane Balch says
I've never made a crumb top with pear only apple... wonderful. I hope you are sharing this with us on foodie friday today.
Tanya Walton says
Wonderful...I had been wondering what to do with all my windfalls!!
Mr. & Mrs. P says
Amazing looking pie.. Love the crumb topping
Rose Clearfield says
Personally I would rather do apple, but I love the little heart on top and the topping as a whole is very inspired!