If you’re burnt out on cooking, you couldn’t ask for a simpler, or more delicious, recipe for dessert. These soft, lightly sweetened pears are the perfect sweet treat after a heavy dinner. The recipe is easy to scale up or down, depending on your guest numbers. One pear per person!
On the Ingredients
- Pears are a fruit from a tree in the same family as apples and roses. They come in many varieties with flavors ranging from sweet to tart. This fruit is enjoyed worldwide and can be used for cooked or raw preparations in savory or sweet ways. Pears are high in fiber and nutrient-rich. They’re also a good source of antioxidants. (Read more about Pears).
Recipe Notes and Substitutions
This recipe cab easily be made vegan by using a vegan butter and serving with a vegan vanilla frozen dessert.
Baked Pears with Vanilla Ice Cream
6
servings5
minutes45
minutes50
minutesIf you’re burnt out on cooking, you couldn’t ask for a simpler, or more delicious, recipe for dessert. These soft, lightly sweetened pears are the perfect sweet treat after a heavy dinner. The recipe is easy to scale up or down, depending on your guest numbers. One pear per person!
Ingredients
6 Bosc pear
6 Tbsp butter (melted)
6 tsp sugar or monk fruit sweetener
Cinnamon and nutmeg to sprinkle
Vanilla ice cream to serve
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Slice the pears in half and scoop out seeds. Arrange the pears slice-side up in a baking pan. Pour the melted butter over the pears and sprinkle a 1/2 tsp of sugar over each half. Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Bake until the pears are tender (will vary depending on the ripeness of the pears) about 45 minutes to an hour. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream.
