Pear and Cranberry Coffee Cake - Litchfield Farmers' Market

Ingredients

• ⅔ to 1 cup dried cranberries (or 1 cup fresh, lightly chopped)
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted
• ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup buttermilk or plain yogurt
• 1 large or 2 small firm pears (about 1 cup, peeled, cored, and diced)
• ½ cup brown sugar, packed
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small chunks