Reply #35: Here's the recipe

[Danmel]

one unbaked deep dish pie crust (frozen is ok)
>3 1/2 pounds ripe pears cut and cored
>1/2 cup sugar
>1/4 cup crystallized ginger, chopped
>1 tbsp lemon juice
>1 tsp grated lemon peel
>3/4 cup all purpose flour, divided
>1/2 cup brown sugar
>1/3 cup cold butter, cut into pieces
>1/4 OLD-FASHIONED OATS (do NOT use instant!!!)
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>heat oven to 400 degrees
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>put pan with crust on cookie sheet (that way when it bubbles
>over a little, your oven won't be a total mess!)
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>combine pears, 1/4 cup flour, white sugar, ginger, lemon
>juice and peel, place in crust
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>in small bowl combine butter, brown sugar & remaining flour
>with a pastry blender (or two forks, or your hands!)
>till it is a medium crumb. Mix it oats, spread over pears and
>bake 50-60 minutes,
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Enjoy (if you really want, some french vanilla ice cream is wicked with this!)