Baked Pears

Galley Wench's Note:

This recipe is from The Delforge Place Bed & Breakfast in Fredericksburg, Texas. Use the best ripe pears you can find! Great as dessert or for Christmas morning or anytime you want to do something special for your friends and family.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 ripe bartlett pears
• 3/4 cup oats
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups apple juice (2-6 oz. cans)

Directions:

1. Core pears but do not peel.
2. Place in greased 9" square pan.
3. Combine oats, sugar, spices and butter until crumbly.
4. Stuff pears letting excess fall into pan.
5. Pour 3/4 cup apple juice into pan.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour, basting after 30 minutes. Add more juice if necessary.
7. Cool 30 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[Shuzbud]

We loved this recipe! The topping tasted a little like a British flapjack to me (I love flapjack!). The flavours of the pears and the topping blended together so beautifully we'll definitely make this often. With low fat butter and Splenda brown sugar, this recipe has 5 Weight Watchers points per serving/ whole pear. Made for ZWT6.

[BeckaBoo]

This recipe was so easy and so yummy! My guests couldn't believe how good it tasted. This ones a keeper!

[SloppyJoe]

VERY Yummy!! Even DH who doesn't care for pears said by the time he was finished with his serving thought they were delicious. I had 6 pears that needed to get used up quick so I halved and cored them. Buttered my baking dish and set them inside flesh side up. I increased the oats and brown sugar to 1 Cup, left the butter and nutmeg as written and added a heaping tablespoon of cinnamon. I had some leftover juice boxes from company a while back and used 1 Apple and Eve Apple Juice box. It was just shy of 1 cup but I think the amount was perfect. The only thing I would do differently next time is reduce the butter, maybe by half since I used butter to grease the dish. Overall, a very successful dessert and beautiful presentation!