Pear Pecan Crunch Pie (1978)

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tbspns flour
• 1 tspn grated lemon peel
• 6 medium pears, peeled and sliced
• 2 tbspns lemon juice
• 1 cup flour
• 1 9-inch unbaked pastry shell
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 tspn cinnamon
• 1/4 tspn nutmeg
• 1/2 cup butter
• /2 cup chopped pecans

Combine sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, lemon juice, and grated lemon peel. Stir into pears. Arrange in an unbaked pastry shell.

Combine 1 cup flour, brown sugar, and spices. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in chopped pecans. Sprinkle evenly over the pears. Bake in a hot oven, 400 degrees, for 25 to 30 minutes.

More "Lost" Pear Recipes
Quaker Pear Relish (1954)

Pear Mince Meat (1965)

(Origin - "The Ruby Valley Friendship Club Cookbook," published in 1978 in Ruby Valley, Elko, Nevada. Recipe by Florence Mike.)