Roasted Pears with Oatmeal-Raisin Crumble
4
Points®
Total Time
45 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
30 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
This is the ideal dessert for fall when nighttime temperatures become cooler. Cutting the butter together with the flour allows the two ingredients to melt in the oven and crisp the sweet cinnamon topping. Ripe Bartlett pears do very well in the oven but Anjou varieties can be substituted if needed. To test your pears, press gently into the flesh. If they give a little, they are just ripe and ready for baking. Prepping the pears for the oven before dinner is served allows them to bake for 30 minutes while you eat your main course. Additionally, the aroma of the baking pears will leave all of your family and guests wanting more.
Ingredients
Unsalted butter
1 Tbsp, cold, diced into 1/4-inch pieces
Unsalted butter
1 tsp, cold, diced into 1/4-inch pieces
All-purpose flour
2 Tbsp
Uncooked old fashioned rolled oats
2 Tbsp
Unpacked brown sugar
1 Tbsp
Green pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
1 Tbsp
Golden seedless raisins
1 Tbsp, chopped
Ground cinnamon
¼ tsp
Lemon zest
½ tsp
Table salt
1 pinch(es)
Bartlett pear
4 large, or Anjou variety, firm, unpeeled, halved, cored