The Pear & Crumble is a local Kansas City bakery specializing in fruit and cake desserts, fruit bars, and shortbread.

Heather Nania, pastry chef and owner, creates brilliant desserts from scratch, by hand.

Vanilla Bean Shortbread

Sweet crunch of raw sugar and vanilla bean in a tender cookie

Ingredients are important

Organic flour and organic eggs
Madagascar vanilla beans and pure vanilla extract
No artificial flavors, preservatives, colors
All butter, no shortening, or margarine
Real fruit, not canned

Mixed berry
fruit bars

sweet blueberry, blackberry and raspberry filling in a soft cookie