Apple And Pear Crisp

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs ripe bosc pears (4 pears)
• 2 lbs firm macoun apples (6 apples)
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
• 1/2 lb cold unsalted butter, diced

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 2 peel, core, and cut the pears and apples into large chunks. place the fruit in a large bowl and add the zests, juices, sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg. pour into a 9x12x2-inch oval baking dish.
• 3 for topping:.
• 4 combine the flour, sugars, salt, oatmeal and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.** (see below). mix on low speed for 1 minute until the mixture is in large crumbles. sprinkle evenly over the fruit, covering the fruit completely.
• 5 place the baking dish on a sheet pan and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until the top is brown and the fruit is bubbly. serve warm.
• 6 ** i used my hands to mix the topping, that way the butter melted and the topping just held together better.