Fresh Pear Pie!

                                                                         

Oh delicious pie, I love pie can you tell? This Pear Pie is a very old timey pie that most people do not know. Fresh juicy pears baked in a light sweet crust, once you try it you won't forget about Pear Pie!

CRUST:

2 Cups Flour

1/4 TSP Salt

2 TSP Sugar

1/3 Cup Cold Butter cut into small pieces

1/3 Cup Shortening

1/2 TSP Vanilla

4 to 5 TBS Cold Water

Stir all dry ingredients together. Now cut in the butter & shortening until you have very fine crumbs. Mix the vanilla into the cold water & now stir that into your flour mixture until it pulls together to make dough. Do not over mix, it will not be a flaky crust if you over work the dough. Divide dough 1/2 & roll out gently onto a floured surface 1/2 for the bottom crust. Once rolled out gently fold in 1/2 lay into your 9 inch pie pan unfold & place it so it cover the bottom & laps out over the edges. Roll out the 2nd 1/2 of dough & use for your to crust, I let mine lay out to rest & when I was ready I cut it into strips to make the lattice top. Now onto the pear filling.

PEAR FILLING:

8 Large Ripe but Firm Pears, mine were Bartlett but any pear will do.Peel core & slice into slices just like you would an apple, place into a large bowl with a tablespoon of lemon juice, Keep tossing as you add new slices to the pears do not turn brown. Once all the pears are prepared stir in all at once the following:

2 Heaping Tablespoons Flour

2/3 Cup Sugar

1 TSP Vanilla

1 Tsp Cinnamon ( other ideas would be Ginger, Nutmeg, Allspice, Cloves), but I love Cinnamon

Dash of Salt

Stir well then gently spoon into your pie shell.Cover with your top crust, Lattice Crust or Crumb Topping would be good too!

Once the crust is in place I spread 1 TBS melted butter over each lattice piece & over the crust edge. Then I sprinkled 2 TBS Sugar with 1/2 TSP Cinnamon stirred into the sugar, I gently sprinkled that over the butter & only onto the crust. Now bake at 350 Degrees in a preheated oven for 50 minutes or until pie is golden brown & bubbling. Cool to room temperature then slice & serve! SO GOOD!

CRUMBS if you want Crumbs:

3/4  Cup Flour

4 TBS Sugar

2 TBS Brown Sugar

Dash of Salt

1 TSP Cinnamon

1 heaping TBS Shortening

Stir all the dry together ten cut in shortening until you get crumbs. Sprinkle crumbs over the pie filling & bake like above!