Ingredients

  • 14 cup all-purpose flour
  • 14 cup old fashioned oats
  • 14 cup packed brown sugar
  • 4 tablespoons cold butter
  • 14 teaspoon ground nutmeg or 14 teaspoon mace
  • 1 plump vanilla bean, seeds of
  • 14 cup packed brown sugar
  • 14 cup granulated sugar
  • 12 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 5 -6 medium pears, ripe but not mushy (Bartlett, Anjou or Bosc)
  • 3 cups fresh cranberries
  • 14 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Method

  • Preheat oven to 375.
  • Combine topping ingredients with a pastry blender, in afood processor, or with your fingers until biggest bits are the size of the oats.
  • Set aside or refrigerate for up to 2 days.
  • In a large bowl, stir together the vanilla seeds, brown sugar, white sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon.
  • Add pears and cranberries and stir to coat evenly.
  • Spoon fruit into a large, shallow dish (for more surface area and therefore more topping in each bite!)
  • and top with crumble mixture.
  • Bake for 45 minutes until topping is golden and filing bubbles up.
  • Cool 15 minutes then serve with vanilla ice cream.