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Apple and Pear Crisp

Apple and Pear Crisp

A warm apple and pear crisp with tender fruit sweetened with apple juice and topped with a buttery cinnamon-nutmeg crumble, baked until golden and delicious served with vanilla frozen yogurt.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 190
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Topping Ingredients
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
  • ¼ cup Splenda Granular
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch ground nutmeg
  • 4 Tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into pieces
Filling Ingredients
  • 4 large Macintosh or other tart apples
  • 3 ripe Barlett or Anjou Pears
  • 2 tablespoons Splenda Granular
  • 3 tablespoons apple juice concentrate

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
  2. Lightly butter a deep 2 to 2 1/2 quart baking dish.
  3. Prepare Topping: Pour flower, brown sugar, Splenda Granular, cinnamon and nutmeg into a medium mixing bowl. Stir well. Add butter and mix with an electric mixer using the paddle attachment, until topping is crumbly or sandy in texture.
  4. Prepare Filling: Peel, core and thickly slice apples and pears. Place them in the buttered baking dish. The fruit should be at least 2 1/2 inches deep in the pan. Add more fruit if necessary. Add Splenda Granular and apple juice concentrate. Toss until coated. Add topping.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven 40 to 50 minutes or until fruit is tender and the topping has browned.
  6. Serve warm with low fat vanilla frozen yogurt

Notes

Exchanges per serving: 1 starch, 1 fruit, 1 fat.
Recipe created by Gale Gand.
Recipe courtesy of Splenda, Inc. Splenda is a no-calorie sweetener made from sugar that is suitable for diabetics.