These baked pears with honey and almonds are the perfect wholesome fall or winter dessert for the holidays with cranberries and a nutty crunch.
For someone who rarely makes desserts, I’m on a roll here – two in a row! If you missed the chocolate pomegranate bites I shared earlier this week, or just didn’t care, maybe these baked pears with honey can win you over.
A magical thing happens when you roast pears. They become soft and the juices seem to get sweeter. The almonds get a little bit toasty and the cranberries reach their bursting point. The cinnamon and other spices add just the right amount of spice to make this feel like a full on dessert.
Unpictured is how well ice cream and/or vanilla yogurt pairs with this. Baked pears with honey are perfectly tasty on their own, but adding a touch of dairy is pretty phenomenal too. Pair with yogurt for breakfast or ice cream for dessert. Or either or, there isn’t a steadfast rule on this and I’m not one to judge ice cream for breakfast.
Now lets talk about those spices. Cinnamon is really the only one you absolutely need for baked pears with honey, but the nutmeg and cardamom add a nice touch. You can play with the spices and tweak however you want.
Baked Pears with Honey and Almonds
Ingredients
- 2 pears
- 3 – 4 Tbsp. cranberries (about 6 cranberries per pear half)
- 1/4 cup slivered or sliced almonds
- Light pinch of cinnamon per pear half
- Tiny pinch of nutmeg and cardamom, optional
- 2 tsp. honey (or agave if vegan)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F (177° C)
- Cut pears in half and then scoop out the core. If pears are very round, cut a thin slice off of the backside of half so that it will lay flatly with the cored side facing up.
- Place core halves onto a baking sheet. Divide the cranberries and almonds between the four pear halves.
- Evenly sprinkle a tiny pinch of each spice onto each pear half. Drizzle ½ tsp. honey over each pear half.
- Put pan in oven and bake for about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and serve while warm either plain or with vanilla ice cream or vanilla yogurt.
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