Pear (or Apple) Crisp for that Fall New England Morning (Dairy-Free)

Four pears (or apples) - or a combination of the two (about 3-4 cups)

1 and 1/2 cup rolled oats

1/2 cup unbleached flour

This smells delicious baking on a cool, fall morning.

1/3 cup (packed) brown sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1/3 cup Earth Balance (vegan buttery stick)

Preheat oven to 375°

Rub baking dish with Earth Balance (or any vegan buttery spread)
Slice pears with skin on is fine, especially if they are way over ripe (peel apples) and place in shallow baking dish 

Mix rolled oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg
Melt Earth Balance and stir in to mixture until coated

Sprinkle mixture over pears (apples)

Bake for 20 minutes or until fruit is easy to pierce and sides are bubbling.  (Apples will take longer to bake than overripe pears.)

Update:  friend just shared with me that pears are a terrific Fall food for those individuals that have a "hot" stomach.  (That is they may experience indigestion and crave foods that will "cool" their stomaches.)  Fall is also the season for lungs and pears are good for the lungs.