Updated November 17, 2019
I’ve been on a brown butter kick lately. Brown Butter Buttermilk Syrup, Brown Butter Pumpkin Waffles, and I just made my favorite fall cupcakes-Brown Butter Pumpkin Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting. I guess it’s not really a kick, it’s more of an obsession. I can’t stop. I won’t stop! Today I am sharing a recipe for Brown Butter Pear Crisp. Brown butter makes everything better, including this pear crisp. I’ve always enjoyed pear crisp. It’s a fine dessert. Well, this Brown Butter Pear Crisp is more than fine. It will sweep you right off your feet!
We have pears coming out our ears. Ok, they aren’t really coming out our ears, but they are taking up my precious counter space. I made a few batches of Easy Pear Sauce, but that barely made a dent in our pear supply. So I made dessert, Brown Butter Pear Crisp to be exact. The pears made me do it!
I started with ripe, juicy pears and added in the basics-lemon juice, sugar, Gold Medal Flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, and a little cornstarch.
Next, I added the glorious brown butter topping! Go ahead, you can oooh and awww! This brown butter oat topping deserves it! It’s fabulous!
I baked the crisp in a cast iron skillet to give it an extra rustic look. If you don’t have a cast iron skillet, you can use a baking dish. It will taste good either way!
I baked until bubbly and paced back and forth until it was cool enough to eat. The brown butter cinnamon pear smell was driving me crazy! I was tempted to dive right into the bubbling crisp, but I didn’t want to burn off my tastebuds. I’ve learned my lesson in my old age:) I wanted to make sure I could taste every single bite of this dessert! When the crisp was cool enough to eat, I scooped a healthy portion into a bowl and topped it with vanilla ice cream. I enjoyed every single bite! And I may have enjoyed a second helping for breakfast the next day:) And if you want to go all out, you can add Salted Caramel Sauce too. It’s always a good idea! I hope you will join me in my brown butter obsession by making Brown Butter Pear Crisp. It is the perfect dessert for fall!
Brown Butter Pear Crisp
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