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Pears in Vanilla Cream Sauce

By Kate Morgan Jackson

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This elegant and easy recipe for pears in vanilla cream sauce  bakes up in no time for an elegant, creamy, dreamy dessert full of poached pear flavor. Baked pears never tasted so good!

Pears in Vanilla Cream Sauce

I am a great believer that every once in a while, you should throw your family a total curve ball at dinner time.  As in, something that they would never in their wildest dreams have expected to find on their supper plate.  In our house, that means, yes, dessert for dinner.  And so one night not so long ago, I served up a warm, creamy, cinnamon-sugary pears in vanilla cream sauce.  It’s an easy and elegant dessert that would be the perfect ending to a special occasion dinner party, but when you serve it up on a Tuesday night for supper?  It might taste even better!

The Southern husband did know that something pear-oriented was coming his way, because earlier in the week he himself took the following pictures of me doing that thing I do.

photographing pears

I’m sure I’m an endless source of entertainment for the neighbors.

photographing pears

My trusty assistant was guarding the pears throughout the process.

dog with photographer

Successful pear picture complete!

two pears

He COULD have figured it out from my Twitter feed.  If he ever read my Twitter feed.  Which he doesn’t, so I knew that was completely safe.

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And this recipe comes together so incredibly quickly that he didn’t even catch on as I was making it.  So it was a total surprise. Win!

Here’s what happens: peel a couple of ripe pears and cut them in half length-wise.  Scoop out the core and lay them face down in a buttered baking dish.  Sprinkle them with butter and sugar…

,Pears in Vanilla Cream Sauce

…and bake them until the are nice and soft.  Then pour a mixture of heavy cream and vanilla on top and bake for a few minutes more.  Sprinkle them with cinnamon sugar, let them cool for another 15 minutes…and that’s all there is too it!

Pears in Vanilla Cream Sauce

Creamy, sweet pear deliciousness.  So pull this recipe out for your next fabulous dinner party…or even better, on an ordinary Tuesday night!

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Pears in Vanilla Cream Sauce


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  • Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American
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This elegant and easy pear creme caramel recipe bakes up in no time for an elegant, creamy, dreamy dessert.


Ingredients

  • 2 pears
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons soft butter
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450.
  2. Peel pears and cut them in half length-wise. Scoop out the core and place in a buttered baking pan, cut side down. Sprinkle with sugar and dot with butter.
  3. Bake for 15 minutes.
  4. Mix milk and vanilla together and bake for 5 minutes more.
  5. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, cool for 15 minutes and serve warm.
25021.1 g9.9 mg16.6 g10.5 g0.4 g26 g2.8 g1.2 g48.9 mg

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Kate Morgan Jackson

Hi there!  I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover.  I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN!  My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too.  And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!as seen in logos

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Published on April 28, 2015

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  1. Maura Cooper says

    April 28, 2015 at 11:48 am

    I *know* you’re a photographer among other things but I swear when I saw that I thought it was a painting! High praise in case ya didn’t know.

    Reply
    • Kate says

      April 28, 2015 at 8:50 pm

      Maura! Thanks for those sweet words. :)

      Reply
  2. Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says

    April 29, 2015 at 8:41 am

    What an elegent desert!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      April 29, 2015 at 1:28 pm

      Thank you so much! It made for a pretty fun dinner, too. :)

      Reply
  3. Trish - Mom On Timeout says

    April 29, 2015 at 3:46 pm

    Dinner, dessert, I’d take these pears any way I could get them! They look PERFECT!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      April 29, 2015 at 3:48 pm

      Thanks Trish! I’m thinking breakfast might be totally reasonable, too. LOVE your site, btw!

      Reply
  4. Mir says

    April 30, 2015 at 7:01 am

    You are hilarious! Love those pics of you stomach-down in the grass. But hey, you gotta get the shot somehow.
    These look really good! And usually I’m not a fruit for dessert person, but in this case? Yeah!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      April 30, 2015 at 7:45 am

      Yep, we gotta do what we gotta do to get the shot! :) And try it for actual dinner!

      Reply
  5. Joanne says

    May 2, 2015 at 9:04 am

    I approve of this dessert for dinner mentality. ANd, I mean, there was fruit in the dish so it’s totally acceptable!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      May 3, 2015 at 6:41 am

      I am seriously considering making dessert for dinner a weekly thing. We all need to get more fruit in our lives, after all!

      Reply
  6. easy video recipes says

    May 2, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    One of my absolute favorites. It’s such an elegant dish.

    Reply
  7. Chris says

    December 15, 2019 at 4:51 pm

    I tried this recipe with walnuts but the vanilla cream sauce came out brown. Is that expected? I was hoping for more of a while sauce.

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    • Kate Morgan Jackson says

      December 16, 2019 at 9:30 am

      Hi Chris! The sauce does take on a light golden brown color, like the sauce in the picture in the post. If it is a deep brown that might mean it cooked a bit too long – but it should still taste good! Hope this helps?

      Reply

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