Baked Pears with Maple Syrup and Walnuts

These easy baked pears with maple syrup and walnuts are the kind of dessert you can make even when you don’t feel like baking, but still want to serve something sweet and delicious after dinner. Plus, this 4-ingredient guiltless treat is vegan, gluten free, free from refined sugar, low calorie and low fat, so you don’t have to stop at one.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Western

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 35

Total Time 45

Servings people

Ingredients

4 ripe pears, halved
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup walnuts, chopped
4 teaspoons maple syrup

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). You don't have to line your baking sheet for this, but you can if you want to.
Cut pears in half, then cut a small sliver off the underside so the pears sit flat when placed upright on the baking sheet. Using a large or medium cookie scoop or melon baller (or even a teaspoon), core out the seeds.
Arrange pears, facing up, on the baking sheet. Sprinkle them evenly with cinnamon and fill the empty middles with chopped walnuts. Drizzle with maple syrup.
Bake pears for about 25 minutes until soft and lightly browned on the edges. Remove the pan from the oven and pierce a pear with a fork to see if it's baked all the way through. If not, return to the oven and bake for 10 minutes more.
Serve warm, or keep in the fridge for up to 5 days, and heat them right before serving (see above).

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