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Apple and Pear Pie Recipe: Flaky Crust with Spiced Fruit Filling

 
Apple pear pie
if only there were a scratch and sniff app, so you could smell this!
 
Ever heard of an apple-pear? I hadn’t either until last fall.
 
Apple-pear fruit
cute little apple-pear
 
On my routine bi-weekly trip to Costco I was browsing produce. I’m the designated pie baker for Thanksgiving, and I usually bring the same two pies every year: apple and pumpkin. One year I tried to change things up and got politely booed out of the kitchen — our family is very traditional about the Thanksgiving meal. If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.
 
Still, last year I figured a small twist wouldn’t hurt. Alongside the pumpkin pie, I made a pie with the apple-pears I found at Costco. It was a hit.
 
New tradition?
 
I think so!
 
A few weeks later my mom and I visited a fall open house at a charming store in Omaha where I spotted the coolest pie keeper. I loved it — and I bought it. My mom teases me that no one ever knows what to get me for Christmas, but fall is pie season, and I couldn’t wait.
 
Pie keeper
the pie keeper… c’mon… you would have bought it, too, wouldn’t you?
 
That same week three pie-related things lined up:
 
1. I found the perfect pie keeper
 
2. Costco stocked apple-pears
 
3. Lark’s Country Heart issued a challenge to use nutmeg, which is an ingredient in the pie
 
If that’s not a calling to bake a pie, I don’t know what is.
 

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Overhead of apple pear pie in a white pie dish
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Apple-Pear Pie

This pie features fresh apple-pears and offers a delightful, seasonal flavor.
Prep Time5
Cook Time50
Total Time55
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Apple-Pear Pie
Servings: 1 pie
Calories: 1136kcal
Author: Michaela Kenkel

Ingredients

  • 5 apple pears
  • 2 Granny Smith apples I like a little tartness
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 t. cinnamon
  • 1/4 t. nutmeg
  • 1/2 c Craisins optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Peel and slice the apple-pears and apples to total about 7 cups, then toss the fruit with the dry ingredients to coat. Place the filling into a prepared pie crust, add the top crust and vent. Dust the top with a little extra cinnamon and sugar if desired.
  • Bake for 45–50 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the fruit is tender. Allow to cool slightly before serving.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 1136kcal | Carbohydrates: 286g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 3g | Fiber: 34g | Sugar: 222g