Photo: Pear Cobbler with Cranberry Streusel Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 Bartlett pears
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Streusel Topping:
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 cups cranberries
- 1/2 cup whipping cream, beaten to soft peaks
- Unsalted butter, at room temperature, granulated and sugar, for the baking dish
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Peel the pears and cut them in 1/2 through the stem end. Use a melon baller to scoop out the cores. Put the pear halves in a large bowl. Sprinkle over the vanilla; toss. Then sprinkle over the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg and toss to coat the pears with the flavorings. Line the pears up in a buttered, sugared baking dish, rounded sides up.
In the same bowl, mash together the butter, brown sugar, flour, and salt with your hands for the topping. Toss in the cranberries. Crumble the topping mixture over the pears in the baking dish and bake until the topping is crunchy and browned and the pears are very tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Serve with whipped cream
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By Lavern1948
on November 12, 2012
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I substituted 3 Golden Delicious apples for pears because my Guy prefers apples to pears. I reduced the vanilla from 2T to 1T because I don't think I've ever added 2Ts of vanilla to anything. I also added 1/2 C of quick cooking oats to the topping and reduced the butter to 6Ts which made for a crispy topping. Instead of whipped cream, I served this with Ben and Jerry's vanilla ice cream. I think it would have been good without the fresh cranberries, but the cranberry tartness was wonderful. It was quite good and made more than 4 servings, except for my Guy who could have eaten more. Wait a minute, he did have 2 servings and was planning to eat the rest for breakfast this morning. When I make this again, I will likely use pears or pears and apples.
By kalkmd07
Florence, KY
on November 11, 2012
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Overall dish was good not great. As mentioned in most reviews, the topping did not crisp up. Cranberries did cook down but because they are not separately sweetend did provide too much of a tart impact on the dish. Maybe substitute raisins or limit to 1 cup next time???
By gunkspark2_12194779
Hopewell Jct., ...
on January 15, 2012
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This is terrible and doesn't come close to "crunchy and browned" because it has way too much butter for 1/2 cup flour!!! I just made a recipe that had a crumb base and used 1 c. flour and 1 c. oatmeal to 1 stick of butter and came out great. Wouldn't make again!!
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