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).