Pear Pie Recipe

Make a pear pie recipe for a nice after dinner dessert or for a gathering of family and friends.

Looking for delicious pear desserts? Try this pear recipe - good for anytime of the year you can get fresh pears.

What you need:

• 1 unbaked prepared pie shell for open face pie, or use 2 shells for a two crust pie
• 5 to 6 large Bartlett pears to fill pie shell, peeled, cored, and sliced
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

What you do:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

For a two crust pie; fill the pie shell with the pear slices.

For an open face pie, arrange the slices in concentric circles (if you want it to look pretty).

In a small bowl, beat together the sugar, butter, flour and eggs.

Pour over the pears.

If you are making a two crust pie, top with the second crust now.

Place the pie on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes.

Reduce the oven temperature to 350 and bake 1 hour.

Cover loosely with foil to prevent over-browning during the last half hour of cooking time.

Serve warm.

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