Best Brown Sugar Cinnamon Baked Pears And Prunes Recipes

BAKED PEARS

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Similar to baked apples. You can add chopped walnuts, nutmeg, cranberries, or anything you like.

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Categories Desserts

Time 45m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

2 large pears
1 teaspoon maple syrup, or to taste
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup vanilla ice cream

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Cut top quarter of pears off; create a well by scooping out the core, being careful not to puncture the bottom of the pear. Arrange pears in a shallow baking dish.
Drizzle maple syrup over pears. Place 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1 tablespoon butter in each pear; sprinkle with cinnamon.
Bake in preheated oven until pears are easily pierced with a fork, 35 to 50 minutes. Serve with ice cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 352.4 calories, Carbohydrate 56.6 g, Cholesterol 45.1 mg, Fat 15.4 g, Fiber 7.3 g, Protein 2.1 g, SaturatedFat 9.6 g, Sodium 114.5 mg, Sugar 42.7 g

BROWN SUGAR-CINNAMON BAKED PEARS AND PRUNES

Brown Sugar-Cinnamon Baked Pears and Prunes image

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter
4 medium-size ripe Bosc pears, peeled, quartered, cored
1 cup water
12 pitted prunes
2 tablespoons golden brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°F. Place 2 tablespoons butter in 8 x 8 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Place dish in oven until butter melts, about 3 minutes. Remove from oven. Arrange pears in dish.
Combine water and prunes in heavy small saucepan; bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer until prunes are plump and liquid is reduced to 1/4 cup, about 8 minutes. Arrange prunes over pears. Drizzle with prune liquid. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Dot with 1 tablespoon butter. Bake until pears are tender, occasionally turning and basting with juices, about 35 minutes. Serve warm.