Baked Pear Dessert Recipe

An alternative to fat-laden apple pie recipes, this decadent dessert is heart healthy, containing almost no sodium and just one gram of saturated fat.

Ingredients

    • 1/3 cup unsweetened apple cider or apple juice
    • 2 Tbsp golden raisins
    • 1 Tbsp chopped walnuts toasted
    • 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
    • 2 tsp light brown sugar
    • 1 pear, unpeeled, halved lengthwise and cored

Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 250°. In a small bowl, combine 1 teaspoon cider, raisins, walnuts, cinnamon and brown sugar.
    2. On a small baking dish, arrange pear halves, cut sides up. Scoop raisin mixture evenly into pear halves. Pour remaining cider into baking dish. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes or until pear halves are soft. Spoon cider in dish over pear halves once or twice during baking.
    3. Discard excess cider. Serve warm.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size

Amount Per Serving

Calories
190
% Daily Value*
  • Total Fat
    9g
    14%
  • Saturated Fat
    1g
    5%
  • Cholesterol
    0
    0%
  • Sodium
    3mg
    0%
  • Total Carbohydrate
    27g
    9%
  • Dietary Fiber
    4g
    16%
  • Sugars
  • Protein
    3g
    6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calories needs.