Baked Pears with Brown Sugar and Brandy
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Simply luscious! Beautiful, ripe Bosc pears, sprinkled with walnuts and baked in a sauce of brown sugar, apple juice, vanilla, cinnamon, butter and bourbon! How could these not be incredible! Delicious with whipped cream or ice cream. Bosc pears hold their shape very well while baking, Anjou pears are also a good choice.
Author: Ruth Guerri
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 2 Bosc pears, peeled, cored and cut in half
- 2 Tbs of butter
- ¼ cup of brown sugar
- 2 Tbs of Bourbon
- 2 Tbs of apple juice
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1 tsp of cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- ¼ cup of walnuts, chopped
Instructions
- First, preheat the oven to 375 degrees, then combine the butter, brown sugar, bourbon, apple juice, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in a small saucepan, cook over low heat until the butter is melted and the brown sugar is dissolved.
- Place the pears in a buttered baking dish, cut side up. Pour the sauce over the pears and sprinkle on the nuts.
- Bake for 30 - 40 minutes, check them with a skewer, they should be tender, baste a few times with the juices while baking.
- To serve, plate the pears, drizzle on the remaining sauce and serve with whipped cream or ice cream if you like and you will! Enjoy!
Notes
The cooking time will vary depending on the variety and ripeness of the pears, so start checking after 25 minutes to be sure, stick a skewer in the pears, they should be tender but not mushy, if they aren't quite tender, bake for 5 more minutes and check again.
