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Walnut Pear Apple Crisp

Walnut pear apple crisp with a golden, walnut-studded oat crumble over tender bubbling fruit. Oven-baked until deeply golden, then rested for clean, spoonable slices.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
resting 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 420
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Fruit filling
  • 3 apples peeled and sliced
  • 3 pears peeled and sliced
  • 0.3333333333 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1.5 tsp cinnamon
  • 0.25 tsp ginger
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
Walnut crumble topping
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 0.75 cup all-purpose flour
  • 0.75 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 0.25 tsp salt
  • 1 cup walnuts roughly chopped
  • 0.75 cup unsalted butter cold, cubed

Equipment

  • 1 sheet pan

Method
 

Preheat and prep the baking dish
  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F and grease a 9x13 baking dish.
Build the fruit filling
  1. Toss apple and pear slices with granulated sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cornstarch, and lemon juice until evenly coated, then spread in the dish.
Make the walnut crumble topping
  1. Combine rolled oats, all-purpose flour, packed brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and chopped walnuts, then cut in cold butter until chunky clumps form.
Bake
  1. Scatter the crumble over the fruit and bake for 40-45 minutes at 375°F until deeply golden and the fruit is bubbling.
Rest and serve
  1. Rest the crisp for 10 minutes before serving so the juices thicken slightly.

Notes

For the thickest, non-watery filling, make sure the crumble is chunky (don’t melt the butter during cutting) and bake until you see active bubbling around the edges. Store covered in the refrigerator up to 4 days; reheat at 350°F until warmed through. Freezing is yes—freeze portions tightly wrapped up to 2 months and reheat from frozen. For a lower-sugar option, replace up to half the granulated and brown sugar with an equal amount of a 1:1 baking sweetener (follow package guidance).