Buttery & Tender Baked Pear Dessert with Brown Sugar Walnut Crumble
A cozy and delicious fruit dessert, these tender baked pears are topped with crispy oats, walnuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon butter. The pears are oven- roasted until fork tender. A simple dish that’s so impressive! Serve warm or at room temperature with pomegranate arils, a drizzle of butterscotch sauce and a dollop of vanilla ice cream.
Prep Time: 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 45 minutesminutes
Total: 1 hourhour5 minutesminutes
Servings: 8servings
Ingredients
Pears:
4large firm-ripe pears (such as Starkrimson, Bosc, Bartlett, or D'Anjou
5tablespoons(70 g) melted butter or plant butter, divided use
1teaspoonground cinnamon
¼teaspoonfine sea salt
1cup(90 g) chopped toasted walnuts or other nuts
½cup(50 g) old fashioned rolled oats (GF if needed)
Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350°F.
Slice the pears in half lengthwise. Using a spoon or a cookie scoop, scoop out the seeds and core, making a 1 ½ - inch diameter hollow to hold the filling. If the pears won’t lay flat in the pan, trim the bottoms flat. Arrange the pears in a 9x13-inch baking pan.
In a medium bowl, stir together the walnuts, oats, C&H® Dark Brown Sugar, cinnamon, and salt with 3 tablespoons of the melted butter.
Brush the remaining 2 tablespoons butter over the pears. Scoop the walnut-oat mixture into the pear halves, mounding it slightly.
Bake the pears until tender when pierced with a knife, 25-45 minutes depending on the size and ripeness of the pears.
Serve warm or at room temperature with pomegranate arils, butterscotch sauce and ice cream or whipped cream if you like.
Extra pears keep well, covered and refrigerated, for up to 3 days.