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Pear Crisp with Oat Streusel Topping

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Pear Crisp with Oat Streusel Topping
Randy Mayor; Leigh Ann Ross
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This fall favorite acquires its fiber from unpeeled juicy pears, sweet raisins, and regular oats, and it provides one-fourth of your day's fiber in one portion.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: about 1 cup and 1 tablespoon whipped topping)

Ingredients

  • Crisp:
  • 7 3/4  cups  cubed Bartlett or Anjou pears
  • 1  cup  golden raisins
  • 1  tablespoon  all-purpose flour
  • 1  tablespoon  fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
  • 1/4  teaspoon  salt
  • Cooking spray

  • Topping:
  • 1/2  cup  all-purpose flour (about 2 1/4 ounces)
  • 1  cup  regular oats
  • 1/4  cup  packed brown sugar
  • 1/8  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
  • Dash of salt
  • 1/4  cup  chilled butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1/2  cup  frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375°

To prepare crisp, combine the first 6 ingredients in a large bowl; toss to combine. Spoon mixture into an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

To prepare topping, lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, oats, sugar, 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon, and dash of salt in a small bowl; stir to combine. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles very coarse meal. Sprinkle oat mixture evenly over pear mixture. Bake at 375° for 50 minutes or until browned on top. Serve with whipped topping.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
303 (20% from fat)
Fat:
6.8g (sat 3.8g,mono 1.8g,poly 0.6g)
Protein:
3.7g
Carbohydrate:
60g
Fiber:
6.9g
Cholesterol:
15mg
Iron:
1.7mg
Sodium:
142mg
Calcium:
40mg
Jaime Harder, MA, RD, Cooking Light, OCTOBER 2007

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
EllenDeller
Although nothing unusual or spectacular, this is a very tasty dessert for a family meal and very easy to throw together. I divided it by exactly 1/4 to make a dessert for two people (and used one pear in the doing). I did drizzle a bit of Amaretto over the pear and added cardamon for more spice. We topped with yogurt.11/08/09

5 stars
TeresaMichelsen
This was really good hot with vanilla ice cream, but I didn't really like the raisins when it was cold. It was just a bit too sweet - possibly I used too many golden raisins. I would make it again without the raisins and just enjoy the pears.11/01/08