Healthy Baked Pears with Cinnamon
These easy vegan baked pears are soft, sweet and perfect for a light, healthy dessert.
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How to Bake Pears
Well, there’s really not much to baking pears. They’re so simple, you don’t even really need a recipe. To make baked pears, pre-heat the oven, slice some pears in half, scoop out the seeds, drizzle with pure maple syrup, add a sprinkle of cinnamon and bake away until soft and tender.
You can use any kind of pear for this as long as they’re ripe. A ripe pear should have a little bit of give to it but not be overly soft.
You only need about 2 minutes to prep these delicious baked pears. I make them often for a snack but they can also be dressed up and plated for a fancy dessert that always impresses.
I like to top mine with coconut yogurt and nuts but almond butter, coconut butter, coconut, tahini, granola and date caramel are all excellent too. I’d recommend my cinnamon raisin granola or peanut butter granola for a granola topping and if you want to try date caramel simply blend a few medjool dates with hot water, sea salt and vanilla and drizzle that over the finished pears.
Pear Health Benefits
Pears don’t get as much love as apples but there are a lot of great reasons to eat them besides the fact that they taste incredible baked with maple syrup and cinnamon. Pears are good for digestive and soothing and reparative to the lining of the digestive tract. They also contain a range of disease-fighting antioxidants and essential vitamins and minerals. In addition, they prevent constipation, feed the good bacteria in the gut, contain minerals and amino acids that can help remove toxins from the body and are healthy for the pancreas and liver. Enjoy a pear a day to take advantage of their many health benefits.
Sugar-Free Baked Pears
You can omit the maple syrup to make this recipe sugar-free however if you’re okay with a little sugar, maple syrup is a natural, unrefined sweetener rich in minerals and it adds beautiful sweet, maple flavour to the recipe.
Maple Syrup Alternatives
You can use raw honey, coconut nectar, homemade date paste or yacon syrup as an alternative to maple syrup. A sprinkle of coconut sugar would also do the trick.
More Easy Desserts
Here are some more easy, healthy desserts you’ll love:
PrintHealthy Baked Pears with Cinnamon
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Prep Time: 2 mins
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Cook Time: 25 mins
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Total Time: 27 minutes
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Yield: 1 1x
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Category: Dessert
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Method: Baking
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Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegan
These healthy baked pears can be a sweet and simple snack or a fancy, decadent dessert. Serve them on their own or try them topped with coconut yogurt, nuts and granola.
Ingredients
- ripe pears
- 1/2 tsp pure maple syrup (per pear)
- generous sprinkle of cinnamon
Optional Toppings
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Slice the pears in half and gently scoop out the seeds. Drizzle each pear with maple syrup and sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Bake on a baking pan or in an oven-proof dish until soft and tender, about 25-30 minutes.
- Top with your choice of coconut yogurt, coconut butter, almond butter, granola or nuts.
Keywords: healthy baked pears, baked pears
I had a bunch of pears that I wasn’t sure what to do with so I used 4 of them to make this recipe. So simple but so good! After cooling a little enough to handle, I cut up some of the pears and used them and chopped hazelnuts to top hot oat bran breakfast cereal. YUM! I think they would also be nice chilled, cut up and added to a salad.
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That’s a perfect way to use them! Yum! So glad you loved them.
Nice and simple to make. I served mine topped with a dollop of homemade yogurt, drizzled with honey and cinnamon pear vinegar. Absolutely delicious. Family, who initially were a bit skeptical, enjoyed these as well. Will definitely be making these again.
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Made this tonight! EXCELLENT! With all the push to watch the carbs and sugars, I am always looking for seasonal recipes that are simple. This one is great! I used small red pears, so that two halves would be a smart serving, and it worked fantastically! Added the maple sugar (in Wisconsin that’s a staple in every cook’s home) and a few chopped nuts. When they came out, I added the coconut greek yogurt – one small container for 4 servings – and it was divine!
This is a great way to present dessert that’s healthy! Thank you!
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Wonderful! So glad you enjoyed them! They sound perfect with coconut yogurt 🙂
Ahh-maaaazing Deryn, So clever
Thank you! ☺️?
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You’re welcome!