Brown Sugar Cinnamon Baked Pears And Prunes Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Arrange the pears cut side up in an 8-inch square glass baking dish. Whisk the apple juice and sugar in a small heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until the sugar dissolves. Whisk in the butter. Pour the sauce over the pears. Bake until the pears are crisp-tender and beginning to brown, basting occasionally with the juices, about 35 minutes.
• Spoon the pears onto plates. Top with ice cream. Drizzle with any juices and serve.
• The pears can also be served frozen. To do so, cool the pears, then place them in the freezer until frozen solid, about 8 hours.

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.