Pear Cranberry Crumble Mini Pies

Name: Pear Cranberry Crumble Mini Pies
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons allspice; 3 Tbsps brown sugar; 8 Tbsps melted butter; 0 teaspoons cinnamon; 2 Tbsps cornstarch; 99 grams cranberries, cooked with 3 tablespoons water and 3 tablespoons sugar; 118 milliliters flour; 0 teaspoons ginger; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; 2 teaspoons lemon zest; 680 grams pears, thinly sliced and then cut crosswise into small pieces; 237 milliliters rolled oats; 0 teaspoons salt; 79 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps white sugar

Pear Cranberry Crumble Mini Pies is a vegetarian dessert. One serving contains 395 calories, 4g of protein, and 16g of fat. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. If you have sugar, cornstarch, rolled oats, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 50 minutes.

Instructions

For Pie Crust: Make one recipe mini pie crust, then fit your circles into the muffin tin, making sure that there are no air bubbles on the bottom or sides of the pan. Chill for 30 minutes while you make your filling.

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Pie Crust

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Muffin Tray

For Topping: In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the dry ingredients bowl.

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Bowl

Pour the melted butter over the dry ingredients and mix until completely incorporated. Set aside.

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Butter

For Filling: Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. In a small bowl, mix together the salt, cinnamon, and sugar.

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Cinnamon

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Oven

In a medium bowl, mix the pears and cranberry sauce, then sprinkle in the sugar/cinnamon/salt mixture and mix until well incorporated.

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Cranberry Sauce

Cinnamon

Pear

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Add in the lemon juice and zest, and mix again, being careful not to crush the pears.

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Lemon Juice

Pear

Add in the cornstarch, and mix until completely incorporated, then spoon the filling into the muffin cups lined with pie crust, pressing the filling with the back of a spoon to eliminate any air pockets. Fill the cups all the way to the top.

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Corn Starch

Pie Crust

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Muffin Liners

Sprinkle crumble generously over the top.

Bake in oven for 20 minutes, then rotate and bake for 5-10 minutes, removing when they are very well browned.

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Oven

After removing the mini pies from the oven, allow them to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing them with an offset spatula and placing them on a sheet pan to cool completely.

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Offset Spatula