Pear, Cranberry and Ginger Crumble

A flavourful crumble featuring a perfect combination of pear, cranberry and ginger.

Serves: 8

Prep Time: 15 min

Cooking Time: 35-40 min

Total:  50-55 min

Ingredients
Crumble

1 cup flour
3 tbsp. brown sugar, packed
1 cup gingersnap crumbs, made from crushed gingersnap cookies
1/8 tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. salt
1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled

Filling
4-5 firm ripe pears, peeled, cored and sliced
1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries, rinsed
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. lemon zest
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 cup sugar

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine crumble ingredients.  Using a spoon or your hands, mix until fully integrated into a crumble-like mixture.
2. In another bowl, stir all of the filling ingredients together.
3. Transfer filling to a greased casserole dish.  Top with crumble and then bake in a preheated oven at 350F for 35-40 minutes, or until the crumble has browned and the fruit mixture is bubbling.
4. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt.

Lightly adapted from smittenkitchen.com