Pear and Dried Cherry Cobblers with Ginger-Chocolate Chip Biscuit Topping

Ingredients

• Vanilla ice cream
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• ¹/₃ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 2 ¼ pounds firm but ripe Anjou, Bosc, or Comice pears
• + 8 more ingredients
• • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • ¹/₃ cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
  • ½ cup dried tart cherries
  • ¹/₃ cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon crystallized ginger
  • 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tablespoons crystallized ginger
  • ½ cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter four 1 1/4-cup custard cups or soufflé dishes; place on rimmed baking sheet. Combine first 5 ingredients in large bowl; toss to coat. Divide filling among prepared custard cups. Dot with 2 tablespoons butter. Bake until filling is hot and bubbling around edges, about...

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