Cranberry Pear And Vanilla Crisp

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The sweet-and-tart fragrant crisp is nirvana for aficionados of crisps and crumbles! The recipe is from in the sweet kitchen, except that i added the mace, since pears and mace were made for each other.

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 375.

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Combine topping ingredients with a pastry blender , in afood processor , or with your fingers until biggest bits are the size of the oats.

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Set aside or refrigerate for up to 2 days.

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In a large bowl , stir together the vanilla seeds , brown sugar , white sugar , cornstarch and cinnamon.

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Add pears and cranberries and stir to coat evenly.

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Spoon fruit into a large , shallow dish and top with crumble mixture.

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Bake for 45 minutes until topping is golden and filing bubbles up.

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Cool 15 minutes then serve with vanilla ice cream.

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Ingredients

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all-purpose flour, old fashioned oats, brown sugar, butter, ground nutmeg, vanilla bean, granulated sugar, cornstarch, pears, fresh cranberries, ground cinnamon