Categories: Dessert

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 4 tablespoons sugar, divided
• 1 egg yolk
• 3/4 to 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 pounds pears, sliced

Directions

1. In a small mixing bowl, cream butter and 3 tablespoons sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk. Gradually add flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until mixture forms a soft dough. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a 10-in. pie plate.

2. Arrange pears, with edges overlapping, in crust; sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake at 350° for 35-45 minutes or until crust is golden brown and fruit is tender. Yield: 6-8 servings.

3. *I also add a dash of cinnamon to the last tablespoon of sugar before sprinkling over pears.

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