Crock Pot Maple Sauced Pears Food

SLOW-COOKER MAPLE-SAUCED PEARS

Steps:

• Peel pears. Core pears from bottom, leaving stems attached. Place pears upright in 3 1/2- to 5-quart slow cooker.
• 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. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

CROCK POT PEARS AND OATMEAL

Steps:

• Cut pears in half and core, do not peel.
• Combine oats, sugar, raisins/craisins, spices and butter until crumbly.
• Stuff pears.
• Place pears in crock pot, layering if necessary, sprinkling excess oats on top.
• Pour apple juice over pears.
• Place crock pot on low and cook for 6-8 hours.
• Sprinkle top with nuts.
• Cool slightly before serving.

CROCK POT MAPLE-SAUCED PEARS

Steps:

• Peel pears.
• Core pears from bottom, leaving stems attached.
• Place pears upright in slow cooker.
• 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.
• **Use 1/4 cup honey instead of the maple syrup for a change of pace.

EASY CROCKPOT PEAR SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Peel, remove seeds and roughly chop pears.
• add water & lemon juice.
• Cook on low in crockpot for 8-10 hours.
• Check for tenderness of pears. If they are very tinder take a potato masher to mash to the chunky sauce level. Or for a smoother sauce use an immersion blender until smooth.
• Add your spices.
• Cover, turn off your crockpot and let them cool.
• If canning this is a perfect time to get your canning supplies ready.
• If not canning wait until they cool, then eat or store in the fridge until ready to eat, use within a week.
• If canning fill either 2 clean quart jars or 4 clean pint jars.
• For pressure canning put clean sterilized lids and rings on to hand tightness. Put jars in canner with manufacturer's recommended directions.
• Then can at 6 lbs of pressure for 10 minutes.
• For water bath canning follow directions for canning an apple sauce or apple pie filling recipe.

PEAR BUTTER IN THE CROCK POT

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients into a crock pot (slow cooker).
• Cook on low heat for 4-6 hours.
• Remove the cinnamon stick, let cool slightly then use a hand-held immersion blender puree to desired consistency.
• If your pear butter isn't thick enough after the cooking time, prop the lid open and cook for an additional hour or until desired consistency is reached.
• Ladle in to mason jars. Keep refrigerated for up to a month.

PEAR PRESERVES RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine pears, water, lemon juice, and brown sugar in the slow cooker. Set to high for 4 hours.
• When 4 hours has passed, blend the pear mixture with an immersion blender or mash until mostly smooth. Set to low for another 6 to 8 hours. The time will depend on how ripe the pears were initially. For overripe pears, 6 hours is plenty of time. Less ripe pears will likely take the full 8 hours.
• Stir and transfer to a mason jar or airtight container. Store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.