Pears with amber sauce

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
6largesPears
cupChopped pecans
2tablespoonsButter
1teaspoonLemon peel
½cupBrown sugar
¼cupLight corn syrup
¼cupMilk
2tablespoonsButter

Directions

AMBER SAUCE

Core pears; pare upper half to prevent splitting. Place pears upright in ungreased rectangular baking dish, 12x7½. (Cut thin slices from bottom, if necessary, to stand upright.) Mix pecans, butter and lemon peel. Place about 2 tsp pecan mixture in center of each pear. Pour water (¼" deep) into baking dish. Cover tightly with aluminum foil. Cook at 350* for 40-45 min. Prepare amber sauce; serve over warm pears Amber Sauce: Mix all ingredients in 1 qt saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved and sauce is hot, about 5 min.

Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #443 by slea@... (Shawn Zehnder Lea) on Dec 9, 1997