Crock Pot Maple Sauced Pears Recipes

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.

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.

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.

SLOW-COOKER CARAMEL-MAPLE PEARS

Steps:

• Spray 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place pears upright in cooker. (If all pears do not fit in bottom of cooker, place remaining pears suspended between 2 others in cooker.)
• In small bowl, mix ice cream topping and syrup; pour over pears.
• Cover; cook on High heat setting 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours 30 minutes.
• Remove pears from cooker; place upright on serving plate or in individual dessert dishes. Spoon about 1/4 cup topping mixture over each pear; sprinkle with lemon peel.