2 Tablespoon butter
8 medium pears (any variety) cored and diced (skin on or off – it’s up to you!)
1 tbsp ground Ceylon cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg (optional)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Optional – add 2 tbsp of maple syrup
Crumble Topping Recipe:
11/2 cup flour – almond, quinoa, spelt or other favourite flour
1/2 cup chopped walnuts plus more for garnish
1/2 cup packed date sugar
3/4 cup cold butter cubed
1 cup rolled oats
Instructions
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Melt butter over medium heat. Add diced pears and walnuts in an even layer over the butter and allow to cook for 1 minute. Remove pan from heat and add cinnamon, nutmeg salt, and vanilla extract. Mix with a spoon to combine, then spread into an even layer in an 8×8 glass baking disk.
Crumble Topping:
Add flour and date sugar to a medium mixing bowl and combine.
Add the cubes of cold butter and start pinching them together with your fingertips and mixing them into the dry ingredients until the mixture forms a a ball like cookie dough.
Break off small pieces of the dough, about the size of the top of your thumb, and scatter them evenly all over the surface of the pears. Don’t press them down as they will settle over baking and create a lovely crispy crumble.
Bake in the preheated oven for about 45 minutes until the pears are bubbling and the surface is a medium golden brown.