Baked Pears with Ginger Crumble

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A few weeks ago Joy the Baker shared these beautiful peach cobblers. She rocks when it comes to putting beautiful things on a plate. And she always has such great ideas!

Since I didn’t have peaches, and quite honestly, don’t like cooked peaches, I decided to make something different.

Baked Pears!

Henry’s had organic pears for $0.25 a pound. How could I resist? And while my kids love to eat pears fresh, it was a fun breakfast to doll them all up with a crumb top. Yum!

These are pretty simple. Nothing fancy. Turns out my kids would have preferred that I peel the pears first. I found the evidence in the bottom of the pan. They scooped up the pear and the good stuff and left the peel behind. I don’t know how they did that, actually. It was an amazing feat.

Let that be a lesson to you.

I used four pears and gave each a very generous topping of ginger-flavored crumbles. You may want to use more pears for a thinner crumble top.

Recipe: Baked Pears with Ginger Crumble

Ingredients

4 to 6 pears, peeled, halved, and cored
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup butter
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup quick oats

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 °.
Grease a large baking dish.
Arrange the pears in the dish, flat sides up, and drizzle the pears with the lemon juice.
In the bowl of a food processor, pulse together the flour, butter, and ginger.
Stir in the sugar and the oats.
Spoon the topping over the pears, dividing the topping evenly.

Preparation time: 15 minute(s)

Cooking time: 45 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 8

What a sweet fall breakfast or dessert!

About Jessica Fisher

I believe great meals don't have to be complicated or expensive. There's a better way, and it won't take all afternoon.

Comments

Morsels of Life says:
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This looks really good – luckily I have some pears I need to use. I might even make it tonight!
Heidi says:
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YAY! I just looked in my pantry and saw some pears that I had bought to make pear bread but then my husband stuffed them in the back corner and, well, out of sight out of mind I guess! So they DEFINITELY need to be used today! The kids will LOVE this for dessert!
Thanks!
Meredith says:
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I made this and the flour amount seems very high. It baked up really powdery. Did you mean 1/2 cup of flour?
- Jessica says:
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  Hmmm…. it didn’t do that for me, though the crumb topping is generous. I know humidity levels can sometimes make a difference. We’re getting a load of pears this next week. I will test it again. I hope it wasn’t a train wreck for you.
- Jessica says:
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  @Meredith, you are right! My apologies. I just made this and the flour is way too high. I’ve adjusted it. Please forgive my error.
Meredith says:
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Jessica, I just made this again (several times now) and just wanted to say thank you for the great recipe. With the adjusted amount of flour, it is so good! My family loves it.
- Jessica Fisher says:
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  Ah, good. So glad to hear, especially after that initial typo. Thanks for your kind words!

Baked Pears with Ginger Crumble

Baked Pears!