Got leftover cranberries? Yeah, me too. After cooking the entire Thanksgiving meal, I've got more leftovers and produce in my fridge than I ever thought possible. I halved a small recipe for pear cranberry crisp studded with chocolate chips to come up with a dessert for two version.
If you have a true surplus of cranberries, make my crockpot cranberry butter to enjoy all winter. I love these recipes so much that I recommend buying a few extra bags of fresh cranberries for storing in the freezer. They keep for several months frozen, and they're ready for any time you want to bake cranberry orange bread.
Cranberries and white chocolate were meant for each other. If you haven't had my cranberry white chocolate chip cookies, you're missing out!
If you've never had soft, melty chocolate in a crisp topping, you will want to add chocolate chips to every crisp you make from now on! White chocolate is super sweet, so it works well here with the tart cranberries. I highly recommend a pear crisp with dark chocolate chips also!
Pear Cranberry and White Chocolate Crisp
These delicious mini crisps are the perfect dessert for two.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup fresh cranberries (if frozen, don't thaw)
- 2 medium Anjou or Bosc pears, peeled cored and diced
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
For the streusel topping:
- 3 tablespoons rolled oats
- 2 ½ tablespoons flour
- 2 ½ tablespoons brown sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons cold butter, diced
- 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts
- 3 tablespoons white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375. Have ready 2 10-ounce ramekins (or 4 small 5-ounce ramekins).
- In a medium bowl, stir together the cranberries, diced pears, sugar and vanilla. Divide the mixture between the ramekins.
- In the same bowl, combine all the ingredients for the streusel topping except the walnuts and white chocolate chips. Use your fingers to rub the butter into the dry ingredients and create coarse crumbs. Next, work in the walnuts and chocolate chips. Divide the crumb mixture between the ramekins.
- Bake the ramekins on a cookie sheet for 25-30 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 557Total Fat: 25gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 113mgCarbohydrates: 81gFiber: 8gSugar: 55gProtein: 6g
Kathryn says
Such a lovely idea to use pear - I've seen a lot of apple and cranberry recipes recently but this sounds so interesting (especially with the addition of the white chocolate chips!).
Paula says
Pear and cranberries sound wonderful and this looks wonderful!
claire @ the realistic nutritionist says
What a gorgeous, seasonal dessert!
Julia {The Roasted Root} says
I love fruity crisps and strangely enough, my manly boyfriend prefers fruit crisps and crumbles over heavy chocolate/creamy treats, so this is definitely a recipe we would both enjoy! I've never made a baked treat using cranberries, so I'm excited to try this!!
Heather (Heather's Dish) says
I literally have every.single.ingredient - that means it's meant to be, right?
Kimby says
I didn't make cranberries for Thanksgiving this year, Christina, because there's only two of us and I didn't want a bunch of leftovers. Silly me. Now I know what to do with them, thanks!
Stephie @ Eat Your Heart Out says
Stressful day at work, so you know what? This is going in my oven RIGHT NOW. And I'm going to eat it ALL and call it a dessert for one. Because I can and because I think you'd encourage me to do so. :-)
honeywhatscooking says
this looks lovely my friend, love cranberries this time of year.
Vespa woolf says
We love pears and cranberries--such as nice complement--but we've never added white chocolate to the mix. We look forward to trying this! What beautiful photos, btw. : )
Erin @ Texanerin Baking says
Cranberry and white chocolate is one of the best combos ever! Love these little crisps. So cute. :)