Gingery Cranberry-Pear Pie with Oatmeal Streusel

By Judy1

Take your baking skills up a notch with this Gingery Cranberry-Pear Pie with Oatmeal Streusel recipe. It is perfect in the winter for a a comfort food on the cold days.

Ingredients

• PIE
• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1 (1-inch) piece peeled fresh ginger, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
• 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 6 peeled Anjou pears, cored and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices (about 3 pounds)
• 1.13 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1/4 cup)
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• All-Purpose Light Piecrust dough
• Cooking spray
• STREUSEL
• 1.5 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1/3 cup)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 cup old-fashioned oats
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Step 1

Position oven rack to lowest third of oven. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

To prepare pie, combine 1 cup water and granulated sugar in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Add cranberries, fresh ginger slices, and rind; return to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 15 minutes or until liquid is reduced to 2 tablespoons. Remove from heat; discard ginger slices. Cool.

Combine lemon juice and pears in a large bowl; toss. Weigh or lightly spoon 1.13 ounces flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine 1.13 ounces flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Add flour mixture to pear mixture; toss to coat. Stir in cranberry mixture.

Remove 2 sheets plastic from All-Purpose Light Piecrust dough. Fit dough, plastic wrap side up, into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Remove top sheets of plastic wrap. Fold edges under; flute. Spoon pear mixture into prepared crust.

To prepare streusel, weigh or lightly spoon 1.5 ounces flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine butter and orange juice in a bowl, stirring well. Add flour, oats, and remaining ingredients; toss. Sprinkle oat mixture over pear mixture. Cover pie loosely with foil; place pie plate on a baking sheet. Bake, covered, in the lower third of oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour. Uncover; bake 15 minutes or until browned. Cool on a wire rack 1 hour.