Open-Face Pear Pie

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

  • About

Use fully ripened Bartlett pears to make this unusual, interesting pie

Ingredients

  • Unbaked 9" pastry shell
  • 4 medium-size pears
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • ¼

Method

  • Peel, halve and core pears. Brush with lemon juice. Place pears cut side down in pie shell with narrow ends toward center.
  • Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in flour, eggs, vanilla and salt. Pour over pears. Sprinkle lightly with mace.
  • Bake in moderate oven (350°F.)