Honeyed Cream Cheese Pear Pie - Crisco®

Ingredients

• CRUST
• 1 Classic Crisco® Pie Crust | Crisco – Double-Crust
• 1 tsp. cardamom
• CHEESE LAYER
• 1 (8 oz.) pkg. Neufchatel cheese (lighter cream cheese)
• 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 / 2 tsp. lemon peel
• 1 / 4 C. plus 2 Tbsp. powdered sugar
• FILLING
• 1 / 2 C. honey
• 3 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 / 2 C. raisins
• 1 tsp. grated lemon peel
• 5 medium or 4 large firm, peeled Bartlett pears
• 1 / 2 C. sugar
• 6 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 3 / 4 tsp. Spice Islands ® Ground Ginger
• 1 / 4 tsp. salt