After a stressful doctor visit to check out Alistaire’s head I was exhausted. He banged his head pretty good the other day and we wanted to make sure everything was OK. It isn’t like the big lump seems to bother him, he is happy as can be and went right on with life after it happened, said lump was still as big as the day before. The feeling is it is a whopper of sub-dermal edema. And that he may have it for another week or two. Lots of hugs and kisses to him. Part of being a big boy and furniture cruising. On the other hand, he is 23 pounds, 9 ounces now!
Stress is something I can burn off in the kitchen. Creating, cooking, it really helps…..
A bag of mixed pear varieties came home with me and as it ripened I thought of what to make with them. Something both the toddler and I would like. A simple crisp sounded nice. And this is almost more a baked fruit rather than a traditional crisp that is heavy. The different varieties were neat, some were soft, others crunchy like an apple!
Cherry & Pear Crisp
Ingredients:
- 3 pounds pears, peeled, cored and sliced
- ½ cup Dried Cherries
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar, packed
- 2 Tbsp almonds
- ½ cup white whole wheat flour
- 3 Tbsp brown sugar, packed
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp pure almond extract
- 3 Tbsp unsalted butter or Earth Balance Buttery stick
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°, lightly oil an 8×8″ glass baking dish.
Toss the pears, cherries and 2 Tablespoons sugar, add to prepared dish.
Finely chop almonds in a food processer, add flour, remaining sugar, cinnamon and almond extract, proces son high until mixed. Dice up butter, add and pulse until finely crumbled.
Sprinkle topping over pears. Bake for 55 minutes, let cool before serving. Store in refrigerator, tightly wrapped.
~Sarah
Delicious! I love crisps. I have an apple cinnamon crisp I make all the time for hubby. Your son is ADORABLE! Glad he is ok!!
Gee, I have 3 pounds of apples that are threatening to go bad on me 😉 Baby got a lot of hugs of late 🙂
Awww I bet!!
Yum! I’ve never thought of putting dried cherries in a crisp before but I bet it would be amazing! I love how much of a zing they have:)
The cherries get soft and taste fabulous!
Do you use essential oils Sarah? My youngest is always getting injured. I put frankincense and lavender on his bumps, cuts and bruises. Promotes healing, decreases swelling and bruising. The frankincense is particularly good with swelling for bumps just like these. It’s an anti-inflammatory and I love it.
You’re cherry and pear crisp is the perfect remedy, I often find reprieve in baking too. xx
I need to refind that part of me, when I was younger I did. I need to find some good herbalist books again! Last night the edema bump moved over a bit. Lord. Baby doesn’t mind it, but yeah, freaks me out. Most likely it moved a bit because the doctor had been probing it 😛 All I can say is it is like a super-mega-blister!
Glad your son is okay. This looks delicious. Nice comfort food 🙂