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Previous Results
1st Place
Cheese Filled Pears in Butter Rum Sauce
by Jackie Bermudez-Harrell
4 med. Bartlett pears 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup butter, room temperature 1/4 cup apple juice 1/4 tsp. Rum flavoring 1/2 cup whipping cream Cheese Filling: 1 - 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup butter 1 graham cracker crust, crumbled Pare pears, leaving stems on. Carefully remove cores from bottoms, leaving tops intact. Stand pears upright in baking dish. Sprinkle with ground nutmeg, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Then with clean bare hands cover pears with butter. Pour in apple juice and rum flavoring. Bake for 45-50 minutes at 350°. Transfer pears to a plate and keep warm. Pour cooking liquid into a small saucepan. Stir in whipping cream and heat to a boil stirring often until sauce is reduced by 1/3 and slightly thickened. Pour over pears. In a bowl combine cream cheese, honey, and butter; beat until blended. Fill the inside of the pears carefully with cream cheese mixture. Place in another shallow baking dish. Sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs. Bake at 325° for 15-20 minutes.
2nd Place
Sour Cream Pear Pie
by Carlene Perez
Filling: 1/2 cup sugar 1 beaten egg 1 Tbsp. flour 1 tsp. vanilla 1/8 tsp. salt 1 cup sour cream 3 cups cubes pear 1 unbaked pie crust Crumb Mixture: 2/3 cup flour 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup butter (Mix with pastry blender) Combine sugar, egg, flour, vanilla and salt. Fold in sour cream add pears. Pour all ingredients in unbaked pie shell and bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and add crumb mixture. Bake pie for approx. 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
3rd Place
Easy Pear Pie
by William Arlin
1 - 9 inch frozen pie crust 3-4 medium pears; peeled, cored and sliced 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup flour 1/4 cup butter or margarine 2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. cinnamon Place pears in pie crust. Mix remaining ingredients and pour over pears. Cover edge of crust with aluminum so not to over brown. Bake at 325° for 45-50 minutes.
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