Pear Squares

2 cups flour
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 stick butter, softened
1 cup chopped blanched almonds
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup plain yogurt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
1 can (16 oz.) pears, drained and cut into small chunks

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, and butter; using hands, mix until crumbly. Stir in the nuts.

Press 2 3/4 cups of the crumb mixture into bottom of an ungreased 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Add cinnamon, baking soda, salt, yogurt, vanilla and egg to the remaining crumbly mixture; mix well. Stir in pears, then spoon evenly over the crumb bottom. Bake 40 min. Let cool 1 hr. Cut into squares and serve.