Ingredients

The following ingredients have 10 Servings
  • 4 Bartlett pears, cut in bite-size pieces
  • 4 tablespoons butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup Spiced Wafers crumbs (or ginger snaps)
  • 1/2 cup sliced almonds
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • nutmeg
  • ginger
  • 1 tablespoon Amaretto liqueur (optional)

Instruction

  • Slice pears into bite-size pieces and saute with 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat until slightly softened.
  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and coat loaf pan with butter. In food processor or blender, pulverize spiced wafers. About 12-14 2 1/2-inch cookies should get you about a cup of crumbs.
  • In small bowl, mix cookie crumbs, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and flour. When combined add 2 tablespoons butter and with fingers, mix to make rough and crumbly.
  • Add almonds and liqueur (if using) to crumb mixture and combine well.
  • Line bottom of loaf pan with thin layer of crumb mixture, then spoon pears in. Top fruit with remaining crumb mixture and bake for 30 minutes.
  • Let cool in pan for 10 minutes before spooning over a heaping bowl of ice cream.