Berry Best Pear Pie

Cranberries and pears make tasty partners in an old-fashioned lattice-topped pie.

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40 minutes

1 hour 30 minutes

8 servings



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Nutrition Info

  • 1 Serving
  • 560
  • 24g
    (Saturated Fat 7g, Trans Fat 3 1/2g)
  • 10mg
  • 180mg
  • 81g
    (Dietary Fiber 5g, Sugars 47g)
  • 5g
  • Percent Daily Value*
  • 2%
  • 6%
  • 2%
  • 10%
  • Exchanges
  • 4 1/2
  • 1/2
  • 3 1/2
  • 1 1/2
  • Carbohydrate Choices
  • 5 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Tips & Techniques

  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):

    Use deep-dish pie plate. In Filling, increase flour to 1/2 cup. Bake 45 to 55 minutes.

  • Variation

    You can use apples for the pears for a Berry Best Apple Pie.

Ingredients

  • Pastry for 9-Inch Two-Crust Pie
  • 2  cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
  • 1/2  teaspoon salt
  • 2/3  cup plus 2 tablespoons shortening
  • 4  to 5 tablespoons cold water
  • Filling
  • 1 1/2  cups sugar
  • 1/3  cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
  • 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 4  cups sliced peeled pears (5 medium)
  • 2  cups fresh or frozen (thawed) cranberries
  • 2  tablespoons butter or margarine
  • Egg Wash
  • 1  egg white
  • 1  teaspoon water

Directions

  1. 1Heat oven to 425°F. In medium bowl, mix 2 cups flour and the salt. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons more water can be added if necessary).
  2. 2Gather pastry into a ball; divide pastry in half. On lightly floured surface, shape each half into flattened round. Roll one round of pastry, using floured rolling pin, into circle 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch glass pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths; place in pie plate. Unfold and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side. Trim overhanging edge 1 inch from rim of plate.
  3. 3In small bowl, mix sugar, 1/3 cup flour and the cinnamon. Place pears in pastry-lined pie plate. Sprinkle sugar mixture over pears. Top with cranberries. Cut butter into small pieces; sprinkle over filling.
  4. 4Roll other round of pastry; cut into strips about 1/2 inch wide. To make lattice top, place about 7 strips across filling in pie plate. Weave a cross-strip through center by first folding back every other strip of the first 7 strips. Continue weaving, folding back alternate strips before adding each cross-strip, until lattice is complete. (To save time, place second half of strips crosswise across first strips instead of weaving.) Trim ends of strips. Fold trimmed edge of bottom pastry over ends of strips. Press edge with fork.
  5. 5In small bowl, mix egg white and 1 teaspoon water; brush on lattice pastry top. Cover edge of pastry with 2- to 3-inch strip of foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking. Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through lattice crust.

Categories: Course, Desserts, Pies, Fruit Pies

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