Recipe: Easy Pear Pie

I had a lot of pears left over from Hungry Harvest, and I knew I would never be able to eat them all before they went bad. So I found this recipe on the Num's the Word blog for an easy pear pie. And it was easy!

Ingredients

• 2 pie crusts
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3 Tablespoons of flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 5 cups peeled & chunked pears
• 1 Tablespoon butter
• 1 Tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
2. Spray a deep dish pie pan with nonstick spray.
3. In a medium sized bowl, combine sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon and lemon zest. Mix well.
4. Toss peeled and chopped pears into sugar mixture until well coated.
5. Line a deep dish pie plate with single crust.
6. Place pear mixture into pie crust.
7. Dot with butter & lemon juice.
8. Top with second pie crust and seal edges.
9. Cut slits on the top.
10. Bake for 10 minutes.
11. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F and bake for an additional 35 - 40 minutes or until crust is golden.

Since this recipe doesn't tell you to make your own pie crusts (I wouldn't have anyway, but), this recipe is SO easy. The hardest part is cutting up all the pears honestly. And it's very yummy, especially heated up with some whipped cream on top!