Sunday, April 3, 2011

Apple Cranberry Pear cobbler

1 cube butter (2 TBSP + 6 TBSP)
1 TBSP olive oil
3 apples, cored and chopped
3 pears, cored and chopped (Or canned pear in juice, drain)
1/3 Cup dried cranberries
2 TBSP EACH: Nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar (1/4 C. + 1/4 C.)
1/4 Cup Granola
1/4 C. Flour
1/4 C White Sugar
1 packet spiced flavor oatmeal

Preheat oven to 350.
In a pot, melt the 2 TBSP butter. Add oil, apples, pears, cranberries, spices, and 1/4 C brown sugar. Mix well, coating ate apples and pears. Reduce heat.
Melt the remaining 6 TBSP butter.
Wisk together the remaining 1/4 C. brown sugar, flour, white sugar, and oatmeal. Slowly add the 6 TBSP butter.
In a 9*9 or 9*13 baking pan, pour the fruit. Top with granola. Top that with the flour- butter- sugar mix, crumbled.
Place in oven. cook 25-30 minutes. If crunchier texture desired, broil the last few minutes!!!