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Show ! V The Dessert Is Pie .rr. -v..--.. :-'MAlMiimjiK- Blushing pears topping a cream pie in a new shredded wheat crust is a delicious dessert. Serve it for a "dessert and coffee" party, as the ending for a family dinner, or an after-bridge sweet. The crust is made with Nabisco spoon-size Bhredded wheat biscuits, bis-cuits, rolled into fine crumbs and combined with sugar and butter. The perfect base for a smooth cream pie with canned pear topping. Pear Topped Pie 28 Nabisco Juniors 2 teaspoons water 1a cup sugar 1 (1 lb.) can pear halves V2 teaspoon salt 1 pkg. vanilla pie filling mix y3 cup butter or margarine, 1 cup milk melted teaspoon rum extract Start oven 400 F. Roll cereal into fine crumbs. Add sugar and salt. Stir in butter; mix well. Add water. Press mixture on bottom and sides of lightly greased 9-inch pie plate. Bake for 10 rninutes; cool. Drain pears; save 1 cup syrup. Set aside 3 pears; cut rest into pieces. Make up filling according to package directions, using 1 cup pear syrup and 1 cup milk. Stir in flavoring; cool. Place pear pieces over bottom of pie shell. Spoon filling over pears. Tint remaining 3 pears with red food coloring. Place on top of filling. Chill until filling is set. Garnish with whipped cream. |