Simple Baked Pears with Cinnamon and Honey are a wonderful healthy snack or luscious dessert when topped with a dab of vanilla ice cream.
It doesn’t get any easier than making these baked pears for an easy little healthy snack along with your yogurt. Or to turn an otherwise ordinary fruit into an elegant dessert.
We were at our local apple orchard last week and picked up a ½ peck of fresh pears too. I don’t think pears get enough of the spotlight when it comes to turning them to treats.
My daughter decided fond that a dab of vanilla ice cream on top was the best way to have hers. And I have to agree! Serve these at your next dinner gathering and your guests will be shocked at home delectable they are.
Baked Pear Ingredients
Pears – Use any pears you’d like. Bartlett, Bosc or Anjou are my favorites.
Honey – For the perfect subtle sweetness.
Coconut oil – melted. You can also use butter if you’d like.
Cinnamon – for that wonderful warmth.
Vanilla extract – gives it that perfect extra flavor.
Variations/Substitutions
Use maple syrup or agave if you’d like.
Make them more seasonal by using pumpkin pie spice instead of cinnamon.
How to Make Baked Pears
Preheat oven to 400° F.
Peel the pears with a vegetable peeler.
Cut the ends off and then cut the pears in half.
Scoop out the core gently.
Please them face down on a baking sheet or in a 9 x 13 glass baking dish.
In a small bowl, combine the honey, cinnamon, coconut oil and vanilla extract and heat in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir to combine well. (you can also heat on the stove in a small saucepan.)
Spoon ½ – ¾ of the sauce over the pears.
Bake for 30 minutes until soft and turning brown.
Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes
Spoon additional sauce over each pear before serving.
ENJOY!!
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Baked Pears with Cinnamon Honey
Ingredients
- 4 medium pears
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil or butter
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Peel the pears with a vegetable peeler.
- Cut the ends off and then cut the pears in half.
- Scoop out the core gently.
- Please them face down on a baking sheet or in a 9 x 13 glass baking dish.
- In a small bowl, combine the honey, cinnamon, coconut oil and vanilla extract and heat in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir to combine well.
- Spoon ½ – ¾ of the sauce over the pears.
- Bake for 30 minutes until soft and turning brown.
- Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes
- Spoon additional sauce over each pear before serving.
- ENJOY!!
Nutrition
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Hannah
Nice idea but maybe at a lower heat because the honey started burning on my pan 13 minutes in and smoked up my whole house 🙁 I was able to salvage them by microwaving the rest of the way for about 6 minutes so word of caution or maybe put water underneath them 🙁
Debbie
Has anyone made them using canned pears. Can’t wait to try this recipe. Sounds delicious.
Ruth Z
Made these to take when invited for dinner. So simple & delicious! I took along a tub of vanilla and a tub of salted caramel ice-cream, both of which complemented the pears perfectly.
The pears are easy to transport – a big plus!
Luckily there were left-overs for this morning’s muesli 🙂
Adele A Peters
Can I use maple syrup? not a fann of honey!
Darnell Spicer
I think I used too much coconut oil and it threw the flavor of the sauce off a lil so next time we’ll try butter but it’s definitely delicious
Michelle
What kind of pears do you use for this recipe
Sherri
I just used regular green pears. But you could use any that you’d like.
Minda
What are “regular green pears”? You do realize there are literally 3000+ varieties of pears? Would a green Anjou work? My grocery carries both them and Bartlett pears on a regular basis and both are green. Bosc pears are the most common pear used in cooking, but they aren’t green more brown…
Prarl
Yummy these were very delicious. Thank you
Prarl
Yummy
Joyce
Do you think you could use canned half pears?
Rosemary
How much honey cinnamon and vanilla essence. I couldn’t find any amounts for ingredients. Thanks
Patty
Made these pears tonight. Served as a side dish to parmesan encrusted flounder with crispy greens. The sweetness of the pears was a perfect compliment. My husband was slurping up the sauce. So easy but dinner looked so special, especially for a Wednesday night ;). Thanks for sharing a great little recipe.
Suzanne
This looks so good! What a quick and simple treat to make and still stick to a diet!
Kathryn Griffin
I love baked pears. Thank you for sharing. You are one of the fan favorites at the Sunday Showcase from the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2016/11/sunday-showcase-make-pretty-monday-7-6.html Have a lovely week. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Lisa J O'Driscoll
These sound amazing and I could definitely eat them with a little ice cream! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe with us at Share The Wealth Sunday. I’ve pinned it so I can make it soon!
Charlotte Burkholder
These sound yummy. Visiting from Peaches and salt link party. Come share them at Family Joy Blog linkup this Sunday! http://www.pursueyourproject.com
Madalyn Parr
YUM!!! We’ll have to try this over the weekend! Thanks for sharing on Peaches+Salt Party! We’ll pin to our pinterest board, which you can join by commenting here: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/311381761721915147/
Michelle
What type of pears do you use for this recipe
Miz Helen
Your Baked Pears with Cinnamon and Honey will be a very nice dessert. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday and have a great week!
Miz Helen
Whitney @ Whitney's Real Recipes
These look absolutely delicious. I love pears. Popping over from Nifty Thrifty Sunday!
angie church
oh my goodness these all look so good. I love sweets but I love to find it in ways other than where you expect it I can only imagine how yummy those pears are
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Jean | DelightfulRepast.com
Sherri, I love this! In my apple frenzy every autumn, I often overlook pears, which are delicious as well. And fruit desserts are my favorite kind.
Sherri
I do too! I can’t believe I have been missing out on baking them as well.
Carol
I love cooked pears and this sounds so easy. Pinned and shared.
Sherri
The flavor is amazing! I’ve really been missing out.
Debbie
What type pears? Love this!
Calypso in the Country
These look delicious! I love pears in the fall and this looks like a great recipe!
Shelley
Sherri
Thank you so much Shelley! I am hooked now!