Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
3 to 5    medium        Pears
3         Tablespoons   Flour
2                       unbaked pie shell
1         dash          salt
2         Tablespoons   Lemon Juice
1/2       teaspoon      Nutmeg
1/2       cup           Sugar (more if necessary, depending on sweetness of pears)
1/2       teaspoon      Cinnamon
TOPPING:
1/2       cup           Sugar
3/4       cup           Flour
1/3       cup           chopped Pecans
1/3       cup           Butter

Preparation:

FOR PIE: Pare and grate pears on course side of grater; turn into pie shell and sprinkle with lemon juice. Combine sugar, flour, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon and sprinkle over pears. FOR TOPPING: Combine sugar, pecans and flour; then cut in the butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over previous sugar mixture. Bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes, then reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake 30 minutes longer or until done. Cool. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.