Easy, Long Blooming Perennials, Are My Pears Ripe? and A Delicious Pear Desert
00:00 Intro
00:44 Five Great Perennials for Sunny Areas
09:24 How To Tell If Pears Are Ripe
12:24 Pear Pie
USU Youtube Video on How To Tell If Pears Are Ripe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Deq906nGX4
Pear Hand Pie
Pear hand pies
Dough:
2 ½ c flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup unsalted butter
6-8 tbsp cold water
Filling
4 cups cubed pears
½ c sugar
3 tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp ground cloves
1 tsp lemon zest
1 tbsp lemon juice
Egg wash
1 egg
2 tbsp water
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
Peel and cube 4 pears and mix with the rest of the filling ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, sugar, and cinnamon. Cut in butter until the dough has a pebble consistency. Add in water a tablespoon at a time until a smooth dough forms.
Roll out the dough about 1/8 in. thick and cut out 4-5 inch circles.
Music Credit intro and outro: The Joy Drops. Not Drunk Mix Full Band No Vocal. Used under creative commons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Transition
music: Savannah Peterson, unnamed composition. Used by permission.
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