Baked Maple Pears with Toasted Pecans and Walnuts

Fresh and Easy (my new favorite market!) had a bag of mixed pears for $3.99. I love pears, but I wanted to do something more fancy with them so I baked them! Last night I made this delicious treat and it was awesome! Try them and let me know what you think! These are great as breakfast, dessert, or even as a side to your favorite meat dish.

Baked Maple Pears
Ingredients:
A variety of pears
100% Grade A Maple Syrup / Honey
Sea Salt
Cinnamon
Pure Vanilla extract
Chopped nuts (pecans and walnuts are delicious)
Allspice/Cloves/Etc. - optional

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking pan with foil or parchment paper.
Wash, half and pit the pears. I found its easiest to pit them with a corer (seen below). Lay them in the pan. Sprinkle with sea salt, spices and nuts. Drizzle with a bit of vanilla extract and then with the syrup. I used syrup, but I bet honey would be a nice alternative as well. Bake 25-40 minutes or until done. You'll know they're done by the skins curling a little bit.

This is the corer tool that I used. It's very simple!

Mixed Pears freshly washed!



Ready to go in the oven!




Done and Delicious!!