Pear Pie

Ingredients

For Crust (3)
3 cups flour
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 cup butter, cold, cubed
1/3 cup ice water

For Pie
1/2 cup sugar
3 tbs flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 lemon zest and juice
5 cups peeled sliced pears
1 tbs butter



Combine flour, and powdered sugar. Cut in cold butter. Add water, bit by bit, squeezing it with your hands as you go, until a dough just forms. Divide dough into three parts and store two parts, wrapped in plastic wrap for further use.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Press dough into 9 inch pie pan, setting any excess aside. In a large bowl mix together sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, and lemon zest.

Layer pear slices onto pressed dough. Sprinkle sugar mixture and dot with butter. Repeat. Use excess dough to make a lattice covering the top of the pie.

Bake at 450 for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 350 and bake for approximately 40 more minutes.

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Adapted from a Williams & Sonoma recipe and a Allrecipies recipe.