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Rich And Creamy Pear Pie Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Pre-heat oven to 425°F
  • FILLING
  • Combine suar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg; toss with pears. Turn mixture into cornmeal pastry-lined pie pan. Pour cream or milk over pears. Bake at 425°F 15 minutes; reduce het to 375°F and bake 35 to 40 minutes longer or until filling bubbles and pears are tender.
  • CORNMEAL PASTRY
  • Combine 3/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup cornmeal and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cut in 1/3 cup shortening until crumbly. Add 2 tablespoons cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time until flour mixure is moistened. Roll dough to fit a 9-inch pie pan. Flute edges. Makes 1 9-inch pie.
  • Alternative ingredients:
  • 1 cup Martha White's Self-rising Corn Meal Mix in place of flour and cornmeal.
  • Alternative Pastry Recipe:
  • Pat-in-the-Pan Oil Pastry
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup cornmeal
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons cold water
  • Mix flour, cornmeal, oil and salt until all are moistened. Spirnkle with water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all water is absorbed. Gather pastry into a ball. Press in bottom and up side of pie plate, 9x1 1/4 inches; flute edge. Fill and bake as directed in recipe.
  • Alternative Ingredients:
  • 1 1/3 cup Martha White's Self-rising Corn Meal Mix in place of flour and cornmeal.

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  • 22566 12 years ago
    A protractor type of recipe
    A 360...I think we have Pi :o)
    Thank-you for this nice sounding recipe.
    Kind Regards
    Joyce
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