Baked Pears with Caramel Sauce

Name: Baked Pears with Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 4 large pears; 4 Tbsp butter; 1 c dark brown sugar; 1 c sour cream; 1/2 c toasted pecan halves

By Julie Branham
@Bakingmom74

Harvest time grows nearer and this is the perfect recipe for using up those pears that are ripening on the trees.
This is NOT a low fat dessert but can certainly be made lighter by using less sugar and fat free sour cream.

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Prep:

10 Min

Cook:

40 Min

Ingredients

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4

large pears
4 Tbsp

butter
1 c

dark brown sugar
1 c

sour cream
1/2 c

toasted pecan halves

How to Make Baked Pears with Caramel Sauce

Step-by-Step

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Place butter in a baking pan large enough to hold the pears in a single layer: set in the heating oven until it melts.

Sprinkle sugar over melted butter, then place pears, cut side down, on top. ( Alternately, you may peel and core whole pears.) Bake until tender, about 30 minutes.
Remove pan from oven, turn pears over and baste with pan sauce. Return to oven; bake until golden and glossy, about 10 minutes longer.
Top each pear with a generous spoonful of sour cream, caramel sauce from the pan and toasted pecans.

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