Pear Minis with Crumble

Preheat the oven to 200°C (top/bottom heat) and prepare a cooling rack.

In a bowl, stir 100 g liquid butter with the powdered sugar and vanilla sugar until the mixture is creamy.

Add the egg and a pinch of salt and whisk until frothy.

In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and cornstarch.

Stir the flour mixture into the butter-egg mixture in alternation with the pear juice until a smooth batter forms.

Wash the pears, peel them, remove the core and cut them into thin slices.

Grease small loaf tins well and place two pear slices in each.

Fill the tins alternately with batter and pear slices so the pear is nicely distributed inside.

For the streusel, briefly knead soft butter with flour and sugar and sprinkle the crumble evenly over the minis.

Bake the pear minis for about 25 minutes until golden brown.

Remove the minis from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack before removing them from the tins.