Favoreats
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INGREDIENTS
2 cups
all purpose flour (spoon into a dry-measure cup and level off)
1/3 cup
sugar
1/2 tsp
baking powder
1/4 tsp
salt
8 tbsp
unsalted butter, cold, cut into 10 pieces
2
large eggs
Ice water
2 tbsp
lemon juice
5
ripe Bartlett pears, about 2 pounds
1/2 cup
sugar
1
vanilla bean, split and scraped
1
two to three-inch cinnamon stick
1 tbsp
pear brandy, optional
1 cup
walnut pieces (I toasted the walnuts first)
1/2 cup
light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 tsp
ground cinnamon
salt
6 tbsp
unsalted butted, softened
1
large egg
1
large yolk
2 tbsp
all purpose flour (reduced from ¼ cup due to the addition of dark cocoa. If you don't use cocoa, use ¼ cup flour)
1/4 cup
dark cocoa powder (unsweetened)
1/2 tsp
baking powder
1/2 cup
walnut pieces, finely chopped (I omitted these extra walnut pieces that are scattered on top of the filling prior to arranging the pears)
3/4 cup
apricot preserves
2 tbsp
water
Confectioners’ sugar for finishing