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Apple and Pear Oatmeal Crisp Pie

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Apple and Pear Oatmeal Crisp Pie

This recipe may look long - and therefore complicated - but believe
me, it's quick and easy to make! Not to mention delicious...
Gourmet October 1986

For the shell:
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
2 tablespoons firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 stick (1/2 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces

For the filling:
1 pound (about 2) cooking apples
1 pound (about 2) pears
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

For the streusel:
3/4 cup old-fashioned oats
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into bits

Make the shell: In a food processor or bowl blend the flour, oats, and
brown sugar, add the butter, and blend the mixture until it just forms large lumps. Press the mixture evenly into the bottom and up the side of a 9-inch
(1-quart) metal pie pan, 1 1/2 inches deep, and bake it in the lower third of
a preheated 400-degree F. oven, pressing up the side of the shell with the
back of a spoon during cooking if it collapses slightly, for 20 to 25 minutes,
or until the shell is golden. Let the shell cool in the pan on a rack.
Make the filling: In a bowl combine the apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
thin, the pears, peeled, cored and sliced thin, sugar, flour, zest, and lemon juice, and toss the mixture well.: In a bowl combine the apples, peeled,
cored, and sliced thin, the pears, peeled, cored and sliced thin, sugar,
flour, zest, and lemon juice, and toss the mixture well.
Make the streusel: In a bowl blend well the oats, flour, brown sugar, salt
and butter until the mixture resembles very coarse meal.: In a bowl blend
well the oats, flour, brown sugar, salt and butter until the mixture resembles very coarse meal.
Turn the filling into the shell, packing it slightly, and sprinkle the streusel
over it. Bake the pie in the middle of a preheated 375-degree F. oven for
50 to 55 minutes, or until the streusel is crisp and golden and the fruit is
tender when pierced with a skewer. Let the pie cool in the pan on a rack. Serve the pie warm or at room temperature.
 

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