Pearcaramelcrumbpie Food

CARAMEL PEAR CRUMBLE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar and cinnamon. Stir in butter (mixture will be crumbly); set aside 1 cup. Press the remaining mixture into an ungreased 8-in. square baking dish., In a small saucepan over low heat, cook and stir caramels and milk until caramels are melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from the heat. Arrange pears over crust; spoon caramel mixture over pears. Sprinkle with the reserved crumb mixture., Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until the pears are tender and top is golden brown. Serve warm. Garnish with whipped topping and cinnamon if desired.

CARAMEL PEARS

Steps:

• Microwave 10 ounces unwrapped soft caramels with 1 tablespoon half-and-half, stirring every 20 seconds, until smooth. Pour into a wide mug, then quickly dip 4 pears in the caramel, sprinkle with chopped pistachios and let set on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

CARAMEL PEAR PIE

Steps:

• Add together in a large bowl, the pears and lemon juice; toss.
• In a different bowl, mix together 1/2 cup sugar, tapioca, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.
• Add to pears; stir gently to mix well.
• Let stand for 15 minutes.
• Pour mixture into the pastry shell.
• In a bowl, mix the oats, flour, and remaining sugar.
• Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly.
• Sprinkle over pears.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes.
• In a saucepan, melt caramels with milk, over low heat.
• Stir until smooth.
• Add pecans.
• Drizzle over pie.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly.
• Cool pie on a wire rack.

CARAMEL PEAR PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine pears and lemon juice. In another bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar, tapioca, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. Add to pears; stir gently. Let stand for 15 minutes. , Pour into pastry shell. In a small bowl, combine the oats, flour and remaining sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over pears. Bake at 400° for 45 minutes., Meanwhile, in a saucepan over low heat, melt caramels with milk. Stir until smooth; add pecans. Drizzle over pie. Bake 8-10 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.

PEAR CARAMEL CRUMB PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 F for 9-inch or 10-inch pie (350 F if using smaller or dark metal pan).
• Prepare pie crust, crimping edges. Sprinkle with sugar, gently shaking pan if necessary to get sugar up sides of crust. Sprinkle lightly with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside.
• Peel, core and chop pears. Sprinkle with lemon juice and 1 tablespoon flour and toss to distribute. Dump into crust and smooth with spatula.
• Mix pecans, brown sugar, remaining flour, salt and remaining cinnamon. Set aside.
• Warm caramel sauce in microwave, in 15-second increments, until thin and pourable. Drizzle over top of pears so surface is covered.
• Spread pecan mixture evenly over caramel sauce. Decorate with cutouts from leftover pie dough, if desired.
• Bake 1 hour, or until filling bubbles and crust is browned.
• Let cool completely before slicing as filling will be very juicy.

PEAR AND HAZELNUT CRUMB PIE

Steps:

• For filling:
• Stir first 6 ingredients in large bowl. Add pears and toss to coat.
• For topping
• Whisk flour, sugar and cinnamon in medium bowl. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix in nuts.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Spoon pear filling into pie crust. Sprinkle topping evenly over filling. Bake pie 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Continue baking pie until pears are tender and filling is bubbling thickly, covering edges with foil if crust is browning too quickly, about 1 hour 5 minutes longer. Cool pie on rack at least 2 hours. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.

CARAMEL-PEAR BUTTER

Steps:

• Combine apple juice and 4 tablespoons lemon juice in heavy large deep pot. Peel, core, and cut pears, 1 at a time, into 1/2- to 3/4-inch pieces; mix pears into juice mixture in pot as soon as pears are cut, to prevent browning. Cook over medium heat until pears release enough juice for mixture to boil, stirring frequently, about 16 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until pears are very tender, stirring frequently, about 20 minutes (mixture will splatter). Remove pot from heat. Press pear mixture through fine plate of food mill into large bowl. Return pear puree to same pot. Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice, brown sugar, nutmeg, and 3/4 teaspoon coarse salt. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered until pear butter thickens and is reduced to 8 cups, stirring every 5 minutes to prevent scorching, about 1 hour.
• Ladle pear butter into 8 hot clean 1/2-pint glass canning jars, leaving 1/4-inch space at top of jars. Remove air bubbles. Wipe jar threads and rims with clean damp cloth. Cover with hot lids; apply screw bands. Process jars in pot of boiling water 10 minutes. Cool completely. Store in cool dark place up to 1 year.

PEAR CRUMB PIE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Sprinkle with water; toss until mixture is moist enough to shape into a ball. On a floured surface, roll out pastry to fit a 9-in. pie pan. Flute edges. Combine filling ingredients; spoon into the crust. Bake at 400° for 25 minutes. For topping, combine flour and brown sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over filling. bake 40 minutes longer. Cover edges with foil during the last 15 minutes to prevent overbrowning if necessary.