Pear Pie

I come from a major pie making family.  Thanksgiving is our holiday.  Last year we had 13 pies, and it was just my family, my parents and a few of my siblings.  When we travel to my Grandma Mott's house for Thanksgiving the amount of pies is insane!  My Grandpa was the General Manager of the Frontier Pies Restaurants.  Grandma developed many of the recipe's and was the official pie making trainer.  She traveled from restaurant to restaurant teaching how to make beautiful and delicious pies.  

Several years ago my mom called me up in September and said, "I think we need to add Pear Pie to the Thanksgiving menu."  I said, "I'm on it!"  I searched high and low.  I baked a lot of pear pie's that Fall.  I baked every Pear Pie recipe I could find, until I found this recipe.  I have never baked any other Pear Pie recipe's since.  It is very much like a pear custard in a pie shell.  It is easily my children's favorite pie.  

(I was given this recipe by Beverly Morgan.)

3-4 Fresh Pears, Peeled, cored and sliced thick

single pie crust, unbaked 

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter

4 T. flour

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

Place Pears nicely in the unbaked pie shell.  

Mix the rest of the ingredients with an electric mixer, until creamy.  Pour batter evenly over pears and spread so it is smooth on top.  Bake at 325 degrees for about an hour, or until golden brown on top.  

I sometimes need to bake it another 10 minutes.  Make sure it is solid, and not liquid at all in the center.  I can tell this just by moving it slightly to see if it stays firm in the center.