Double-pear Crisp

Description
By Kalpana Schankbar
 * typed by Brigitte Sealing, Cyberealm BBS, Watertown, NY 315-786-112

Ingredients

 * 4 ripe, juicy pears, sliced
 * 5 dried pears
 * 1½ cups pear juice
 * 1 cinnamon stick
 * 1½ cups oatmeal
 * ½ tsp cinnamon
 * ¼ cup maple syrup

Directions

 * 1) Simmer the dried pears in the pear juice with the cinnamon stick until soft.
 * 2) Slice into strips and layer, with the fresh pears in a baking pan (small, square one).
 * 3) Mix oats, cinnamon and syrup together, add a little pear juice so the mixture will be moist but not wet.
 * 4) Spread the oat-mix on top of pears and bake at 350°F for about 40 minutes (watch to avoid burning).