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Slow-cooker Maple-sauced Pears

Delicious and simple
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 6 pears
  • 1/2 c brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1/3 c maple-flavoured syrup
  • 1 tbsp butter melted
  • 1 tsp orange peel
  • 1/8 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 2 tbsp orange juice

Method
 

  1. Peel pears. Core pears from bottom, leaving stems attached. Place pears upright in large slow cooker
  2. Mix remaining ingredients except cornstarch and orange juice; pour over pears.
  3. Cover and cook on high heat setting 2 - 2 1/2 hours or until tender
  4. Remove pears from cooker; place upright in serving dish or individual dessert dishes
  5. Mix cornstarch and orange juice; stir into sauce in cooker. Cover and cook on high heat setting about 10 minutes or until sauce is thickened. Spoon sauce over pears.