Baked Pears
- Rose Huxford
- Nov 15, 2024
- 2 min read
My Baked Pears are great way to impress your guest, as they are low calorie, slightly sweetened, tender, delicate and packed full of seasonal flavors. Just a few ingredients and so easy to make in about 30 minutes!
During the holiday season, time is of the essence and finding the right dessert to impress your guests for Thanksgiving or Christmas is hard enough. Baked Pears can cater a large group of people while looking like you spent a lot of time in the kitchen. Your guests can choose to add a dollop of ice cream on the side and homemade caramel sauce. Or, just the caramel sauce. Baked Pears are light enough after a heavy Thanksgiving or Christmas meal. And the natural sweetness from pears will surely satisfy your guests sweet cravings.
Baked Pears
Pre-heat oven: 375 degree F
Yields: 4 half pears
Prep-time: 5 minutes
Bake-time: 30 minutes
Total-time: ~30 minutes
Equipment: 9x13 baking dish pan, apple core remover, cutting board, paring knife, sauce pan, wooden spoon, spatula, pretty serving tray or plate
Ingredients
2 whole Anjou Pears, cut in half
3 tbsp unsalted butter, dairy free, vegan or regular
3 tbsp honey
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon, I use Ceylon Cinnamon
1/2 tsp pure almond extract
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Pinch Demerara sugar (for sprinkling)
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
Directions
Pre-heat your oven to 375 degree F.
In a sauce pan on medium heat, add your butter, honey, salt, cinnamon, almond and vanilla extract. As the butter begins to melt, start stirring your ingredients together. Stir often until the butter has completely melted and your ingredients have blended. Set aside.
Next, cut your pears in half. Use a apple core remover, or a spoon, to remove the seeds from each pear.
Once the butter mixture has completely melted, pour half into your baking dish. Place the flat side of each pear inside the dish.
Place the baking dish with the pears in the pre-heated oven and bake for about 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes, your pears should start to look more brown and getting softer. With oven mitts on, flip each pear using a spatula. Then, drizzle more of the butter mixture over the pears. Next, sprinkle your nuts on top of each pear then some demerara sugar and more cinnamon.
Place back in the oven for 5 more minutes. After 5 minutes, turn the broiler on and let the pears cook and softened for another 5 minutes. This last 5 minutes will crisp up the outer layer of the pears and help caramelize the sugar.
Turn off the oven and remove the baking dish. Place each pear on a serving plater or plate. You can serve right away with caramel sauce and a side of ice cream, or whip cream.
You can also let the pears cool and place in the fridge for up to two days. To REHEAT, put the pears on a baking sheet pan with parchment paper and broil for about 5 minutes.
Baked Pears taste great hot or cold! Enjoy!
* For the Homemade Vegan Caramel Sauce, check out the Jams/Sauce/Dips section!
By Rose Huxford
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