Best Slow Cooker Maple Sauced Pears Recipes

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SLOW-COOKER MAPLE-SAUCED PEARS



Slow-Cooker Maple-Sauced Pears image

Create a pear dessert in your slow cooker that can't compare. Slow cooked pears in a buttery maple sauce are a showstopper!

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h50m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 8

6 pears
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup maple-flavored syrup
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon orange peel
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons orange juice

Steps:

  • Peel pears. Core pears from bottom, leaving stems attached. Place pears upright in 3 1/2- to 5-quart slow cooker.
  • Mix remaining ingredients except cornstarch and orange juice; pour over pears.
  • Cover and cook on high heat setting 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until tender.
  • Remove pears from cooker; place upright in serving dish or individual dessert dishes.
  • Mix cornstarch and orange juice; stir into sauce in cooker. Cover and cook on high heat setting about 10 minutes or until sauce is thickened. Spoon sauce over pears. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 225, Carbohydrate 54 g, Cholesterol 5 mg, Fiber 3 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 40 mg

SLOW-COOKER MAPLE-SAUCED PEARS



Slow-Cooker Maple-Sauced Pears image

Create a pear dessert in your slow cooker that can't compare. Slow cooked pears in a buttery maple sauce are a showstopper!

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h50m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 8

6 pears
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup maple-flavored syrup
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon orange peel
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons orange juice

Steps:

  • Peel pears. Core pears from bottom, leaving stems attached. Place pears upright in 3 1/2- to 5-quart slow cooker.
  • Mix remaining ingredients except cornstarch and orange juice; pour over pears.
  • Cover and cook on high heat setting 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until tender.
  • Remove pears from cooker; place upright in serving dish or individual dessert dishes.
  • Mix cornstarch and orange juice; stir into sauce in cooker. Cover and cook on high heat setting about 10 minutes or until sauce is thickened. Spoon sauce over pears. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 225, Carbohydrate 54 g, Cholesterol 5 mg, Fiber 3 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 40 mg

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