Baked Pears

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This Baked Pears recipe is the quintessential wintertime dessert! Serve with some whipped cream or your favourite ice cream for dessert or over oatmeal or yoghurt for breakfast. It’s vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free!

Recipe Difficulty – Very Easy

Why this recipe works

While I adhere to a fairly strict, mostly vegan and dairy-free diet, I get a sweet tooth like anyone else. And this baked spiced pears recipe is one of my favourite ways to nip that craving in the bud.

Made with warm spices, pure maple syrup, coconut sugar, and orange juice, these spiced pears are bursting with comforting flavours reminiscent of apple pie without any of the carbs or refined sugar. This is a gluten-free dessert recipe everyone will love!

The inspiration for this recipe came from my Puff Pastry Apple Tart with it’s cinnamon spiced apple.

Serve these spiced baked pears with some of my Homemade Cashew Cream or coconut whipped cream, plant-based ice cream to keep them vegan-friendly and dairy-free for dessert. Or, serve over some oatmeal or dairy-free yoghurt for a healthy and flavourful breakfast!

I added this recipe into my Best 33 Vegan Desserts and 35 Gluten Free Desserts round up!

Ingredients to make baked pears

• Pears: You’ll need three large pears for this baked spiced pears recipe, but you could decrease or increase that depending on how many people you plan to serve. If you have some spare then try my Pear Crumble.
• Coconut Sugar: I opt for this ingredient over brown sugar to keep the dish refined sugar-free, but you can use the latter if needed. I also make a brilliant Gluten Free Carrot Cake using it
• Pure Maple Syrup: Not pancake syrup! They’re not the same thing. You want 100% pure maple syrup to keep this baked spiced pears recipe flavoured properly and Paleo-friendly.
• Orange: The fresh-squeezed orange juice adds bright flavour to these baked pears and helps cut through the sweetness.
• Coconut Oil: This is my preferred oil to use for healthy baked desserts because it has a high smoke point and a nice flavour that blends in nicely with other ingredients. It also helps to brown the exposed flesh of the pears nicely as they bake.
• Spices: I stuck with classic dry spices like cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg for this baked spiced pears recipe.

See recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities

Substitutions

• Sugar: You could also use date sugar or agave.
• Pears: Not a fan of pears? This recipe would also work well with apples, especially Granny Smith or Honey Crisp.
• Maple Syrup: If you don’t have any pure maple syrup handy, then you could also use some pure honey. (Local is best!)

Variations

• Sea Salt: Add a tiny pinch of salt to balance out the sweetness before or after baking.
• Nuts: Need something crunchy to go with these baked spiced pears? Serve with toasted almond slices, roasted pistachios, chopped pecans, or walnuts!
• Alcohol: If you imbibe, you could add a splash of alcohol to this baked spiced pears recipe before baking. Bourbon, brandy, or orange liqueur works best!
• Dried Fruit: You could add some dried raisins, cranberries, or currants to these baked spiced pears, if desired. They would work well with the other ingredients, as well as add another textural element.

How to make baked pears

Leftovers

This vegan dessert is best enjoyed hot and fresh, but in the off chance you have leftovers, store them in an airtight container in your fridge for up to 3 days. Keep in mind they will likely get a but softer when they’re reheated, so let them come to room temperature beforehand, if time allows.

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