Cranberry Pear Pie with Oatmeal Streusel

By yollymg

Ingredients

• Pie:
• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1 (1-inch) piece peeled 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)
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 Piecrust dough
• Cooking spray
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• Streusel:
• 1/3 cup flour
• 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
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Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

1. Position oven rack to lowest third
of oven. Preheat oven to 400°F.


2. 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.
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Reduce heat to low, and simmer
15 minutes or until liquid is reduced to 2 tablespoons. Remove from heat; discard ginger slices. Cool.


3. Combine lemon juice and pears
in a large bowl; toss. Combine 1/4 cup flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Add flour mixture to pear mixture; toss to coat. Stir in cranberry mixture.


4. Prepare piecrust and fold edges under; flute. Spoon pear mixture into prepared crust.


5. Combine butter and orange juice in
a bowl, stirring well. Add 1/3 cup flour, oats, and remaining igredients; toss.
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Sprinkle oat mixture over pear mixture.
Cover pie loosely with foil; place pie plate on a baking sheet.
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Bake, covered, in the lower third of
oven at 400°F. for 1 hour. Uncover;
bake 15 minutes or until browned.
Cool on a wire rack 1 hour.