Harvest Pear Crumb Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 dash ground nutmeg
6 cups thinly sliced peeled pears
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell
Topping
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup cold butter or 1/2 cup margarine

Preparation

Mix together brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, ginger, salt, nutmeg, pear slices and lemon juice; mix well.
Pour into pastry shell.
Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.
Topping: mix together flour and brown sugar.
With a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
Sprinkle over pie filling.
Bake 40 minutes longer.
Cover edges of pie crust with foil during last 15 minutes to prevent getting too brown.