Baked Pears with Honey, Cranberries and Pecans is a super simple and healthy dessert recipe. These delicious pears are seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg for an extra boost of guilt free flavor!
When I was a kid, I was the pickiest eater in the world. There were 374561 different foods I would not eat or that I had to alter before I would eat them. Do you remember those Little Debbie fudgy brownies that were topped with chopped peanuts? I LOVED those brownies, minus the nuts. I would pick every single nut off of the top of those brownies before I would eat them. If someone happened to serve cake or bread that contained nuts, I would pick the nuts out of each slice that was mine. If I missed one and bit into it, I would totally spit it out. I didn’t hate nuts. I just hated the texture. Much like I hated (and still do) the texture of fruit peels. Apples, pears and peaches, I do not like your peels. I never did and I don’t think I ever will. Ok, I can tolerate pear and peach peels when they’re cooked. They’re so thin it’s like they aren’t even there!
I’ve been *trying* to eat a little healthier lately, especially with all of the crazy foods I’ve been eating lately. ‘Tis the season. While flipping through the pages of one of my cookbooks, I spotted a few fruit recipes I wanted to try. I needed to get fruit. So yesterday Ken and I went on this half marathon walk (ok, it wasn’t really a half marathon walk but it was pretty far) and on the way back, we stopped at a fruit stand. We also stopped at Starbucks. We are dedicated coffee drinkers. We stop at Starbucks in the middle of our 6 mile walk to get coffee. Who does that? Anyways, back to that fruit stand. I actually stopped in to see if they had any peaches. They did but the peaches were so tiny and they did not have that swoon-worthy peachy smell that peaches are supposed to have. So I passed on those and picked up some bartlett pears. Then I went home and made these Baked Pears with Honey, Cranberries and Pecans.
Baked Pears with Honey, Cranberries and Pecans Baked Pears with Honey, Cranberries and Pecans is a super simple and healthy dessert recipe. These delicious pears are seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg for an extra boost of guilt free flavor! Author: This Gal Cooks Recipe type: Dessert Serves: 8 servings Ingredients
4 pears, such as bosc, bartlett or anjou (I used bartlett) 24 fresh cranberries 4 tbps chopped pecans ¼ tsp ground cinnamon, plus more, if needed ¼ tsp ground nutmeg, plus more, if needed. 4 tsp raw honey Greek yogurt for pairing, if desired Instructions
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Halve the pears and then core. I cored the pears with a cookie scoop but you can use a melon baller, too. Slice a small part off of the backside of each pear half to create a flat surface so the pear sits flat when laid on the pan. Place the pear halves on a large baking sheet or baking pan, cored side up. Place three cranberries into the cored part of each pear half. Sprinkle each pear half with about ½ tbsp of the pecans and then sprinkle each pear half with the cinnamon and nutmeg. Drizzle each pear half with ½ tsp of honey. I did this by squeezing the honey into a ½ tsp measuring spoon and then drizzling over each pear half. Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes or until the pears are tender. Serve with Greek yogurt, if desired. Notes Nutrition content does not include Greek yogurt. Nutrition Information Serving size: 1 pear half Calories: 90 Fat: 3g Carbohydrates: 16g Sugar: 11g Protein: 1g 3.2.2925
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