Pear Streusel Pie

Ingredients

• Filling:
• 2 Tbsp. dark brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp. flour
• 5 large pears, peeled, cored and sliced thin
• 1/2 tsp. grated lemon peel (optional)
• 2 Tbsps. lemon juice
• (Optional--cinnamon)
• Streusel Topping
• 1/2 dry ingredients from pie crust recipe
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• Pie Crust (single)
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, chilled
• 1/6 cup solid white vegetable shortening

Directions

Pie Crust:
Combine flour and salt. *Divide in half. Use half for streusel topping mixture*
With second half, cut in butter and shortening with pastry cutter until mixture resembles course cornmeal. Add 3-4Tbsp. ICE water and stir until ball forms. Knead 2-3 times and chill 1 hour. Roll out.
Filling:
Mix brown sugar and flour. Add pear, lemon juice and peel. Put in pie crust, top with streusel.
Streusel Topping:
1/2 dry ingredients from pie crust recipe
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
Mix together and put on top of pie.
Bake 10mins at 450 and 45 mins at 350.