Easy Baked Pear Dessert Recipe - Healthy & Delicious

Baked Pear Dessert

YIELD Makes 2 servings

INGREDIENTS

1/3 cup unsweetened apple cider or apple juice, divided 2 tablespoons dried cranberries or raisins 1 tablespoon toasted sliced almonds 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 medium unpeeled pear (about 6 ounces), cut in half lengthwise and cored 1/2 cup vanilla low-fat sugar-free ice cream or frozen yogurt

PREPARATION:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine 1 teaspoon cider, cranberries, almonds and cinnamon in small bowl.
2. Place pear halves, cut sides up, in small baking dish. Evenly mound almond mixture on top of pear halves. Pour remaining cider into dish. Cover with foil.
3. Bake pear halves 35 to 40 minutes or until pears are soft, spooning cider in dish over pears once or twice during baking. Serve warm with ice cream.

This recipe appears in: Fruit Desserts NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: Serving Size: 1 pear half with 1/4 cup ice cream Fiber 1 g Carbohydrate 16 g Cholesterol 3 mg Saturated Fat <1 g Total Fat 2 g Calories from Fat 19 % Calories 87 Protein 1 g Sodium 13 mg DIETARY EXCHANGE: Fat 1/2 Fruit 1