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Joe's Awesome Pear Apple Cranberry Pie with Gingersnap Topping

Holiday pie made with pears, apples and cranberries
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings 8
Author Cookie Madness

Ingredients

  • 9 ” unbaked pie crust

Topping

  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 6 gingersnaps crushed
  • pinch of salt
  • 4 tablespoons butter

Filling

  • 2 Bosc pears
  • 1 very large 12 oz Granny Smith apple or 2 small
  • 3/4 cup cranberries
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon corn starch

Instructions

  • Making the topping:
  • In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, brown sugar, gingersnaps, ginger, and salt. Stir in melted butter until large crumbs form.
  • Making the filling:
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl toss pears, apples, cranberries, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla. In a small bowl toss sugar with cornstarch and then stir this mixture into the fruit.
  • Pour filling into pie crust, cover with topping. Set pie on foil lined baking sheet. Bake for 1 ½ hours or until golden brown and filling is bubbling over.
  • Excellent served hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!