Slow Cooker Maple-Sauced Pears
Create a pear dessert in your slow cooker that can't compare. Slow cooked
pears in a buttery maple sauce are a showstopper!

6pears
1/2cup packed brown sugar
1/3cup maple-flavored syrup
1tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
1teaspoon orange peel
1/8teaspoon ground ginger
1tablespoon cornstarch
2tablespoons orange juice


1. Peel pears. Core pears from bottom, leaving stems attached. Place pears
upright in 3 1/2- to 5-quart slow cooker.
2. Mix remaining ingredients except cornstarch and orange juice; pour over
pears.
3. Cover and cook on high heat setting 2 to 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.

Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the
side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated
base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer's
directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.