Crockpot Maple Pears

For an elegant dessert, place each pear upright on a pretty dessert plate. Spoon the sauce around the pear, and sprinkle with chopped toasted nuts or coconut. Spoon a big dollop of soft whipped cream alongside the pear, and garnish the plate with a twisted orange slice.

6 pears
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup maple syrup
1 Tbs butter, melted
1 tsp grated orange peel
1/8 tsp ground ginger
1 Tbs cornstarch
2 Tbs orange juice

Peel pears. Core pears from bottom, leaving stems attached. Place pears upright in your crockpot.

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.

Makes 6 servings

For a honey of a pear, use 1/4 cup honey instead of the maple syrup for a sweet change of pace.

Josh Day
Editor, Crockpot Recipes
http://crockpotrecipes101.com