Cranberry Apple Pear Crisp

 INGREDIENTS

- 4 apples, cored and sliced (peel optional) - 4 pears, cored and sliced (peel optional) - 2 cups cranberries, washed and dried - 1/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger - 1/2 cup white granulated sugar - 2 tbsp cornstarch - 1 tsp cinnamon - 2 tsp orange zest - 1/4 cup fresh orange juice For the streusel: - 3/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats - 3/4 cup all-purpose flour - 1/2 cup light brown sugar - 1/2 tsp salt - 1/2 tsp cinnamon - 1 tsp ground ginger - 12 tbsp unsalted butter INSTRUCTIONS - Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9×9 baking dish and set it aside. - In a large bowl, mix the sliced apples, pears, cranberries, and crystallized ginger. Add the sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, orange zest, and orange juice. Stir to combine. Natural juices from the fruit will begin to collect. Pour the fruit and any juices into the prepared baking dish. - In a medium bowl, mix the oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and ground ginger. Add the pieces of butter and toss to coat each piece of butter in the dry mixture. Use thumb and forefinger to work the butter into the mixture until the pieces of butter are no bigger than the size of a pea and the consistency is like wet sand. - Sprinkle the streusel mixture over the prepared filling. Bake in the preheated oven until the center of the filling is bubbling and the streusel is browned 55-75 minutes. Once it is baked, remove the crisp from the oven and cool for 30 minutes before serving.