Apple & Pear Crisp with Gingerbread Cookie Crumble

Yield: 10 Servings

This Apple & Pear Gingerbread Crumble highlights the best of fresh fruit baking, featuring crisp Cosmic Crisp® apples and tender Bosc pears layered beneath a warmly spiced gingerbread crumble. With balanced sweetness, cozy cinnamon notes, and a buttery oat topping, this dessert showcases how the PEARfect fruit elevates classic comfort recipes, great for holidays, gatherings, or any night that calls for something warm and shareable.

Ingredients 

Apple & Pear Filling 

• 4 Bosc pears
• 6 Cosmic Crisp® apples
• ⅓ cup light brown sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 3 tablespoons melted salted butter
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch 

Gingerbread Cookie Crumble Topping

• ½  cup softened salted butter
• ½  cup light brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsulphured molasses
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons ground ginger
• ½  teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½  teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½  cup old-fashioned oats 

 

Directions 

1. Preheat your oven to 350 F.
2. Peel and dice the pears and apples into ¼ inch cubes.
3. In a large bowl, combine the diced fruit and all the filling ingredients. Toss until the fruit is evenly coated.
4. Transfer the mixture to a greased 12-inch round baking dish.
5. For the gingerbread crumble, cream the butter, sugar, molasses, and spices together in a medium bowl.
6. Add the flour and oats, then, use an electric hand mixer to mix the butter into the flour until the mixture is crumbled with a few large chunks.
7. Spread the crumble evenly over the fruit.
8. Bake for about 65 minutes or until the fruit is bubbling at the edges and the topping is golden.
9. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
10. Enjoy warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream! 

Recipe created by @Tyberrymuch for Superfresh Growers.