6-8 servings
- 4 cups sliced peeled pears
- One-third cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon lemon extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 unbaked pastry shell (9 inches)
Topping
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- In a large bowl, toss the pears with sugar and flour ; combine the sour cream with vanilla, lemon and almond extracts, add to the pear mixture and mix well.
- Pour into pastry shell.
- For topping, in a small bowl, mix the flour, butter and brown sugar until crumbly ; sprinkle over the pears.
- Bake at 400F for 10 minutes ; reduce heat to 350F and bake for 45 minutes longer or until the pears are tender.
- Cool on a wire rack ; store in the refrigerator.
Preventing soggy crusts
Wait to pour a pie filling into a pastry shell until just before baking. Combining the two ahead of time and letting the unbaked pie stand contributes to a soggy bottom crust.
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