Quick Baked Pears

Name: Quick Baked Pears
Ingredients: 2 large Bosc pears; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 cup dried cranberries or dried mixed fruit (such as Sun-Maid Fruit Bits); 1/4 cup low-fat granola; 1/4 cup apple juice; 1/2 cup vanilla low-fat frozen yogurt, divided into 4 small scoops

7 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

2 large Bosc pears
2 teaspoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup dried cranberries or dried mixed fruit (such as Sun-Maid Fruit Bits)
1/4 cup low-fat granola
1/4 cup apple juice
1/2 cup vanilla low-fat frozen yogurt, divided into 4 small scoops

Directions

1

Peel pears; cut in half lengthwise. Use a melon baller or grapefruit spoon to remove core and seeds, creating a hollow.
2

Place pear halves, with cut sides up, in a glass pie plate. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over pears.
3

Combine cranberries and granola; mound into hollows of the pear halves. Pour the apple juice in and around pear halves. Cover dish loosely with wax paper.
4

Cook in microwave on HIGH 6-8 minutes or until the pears are tender when pierced with a knife. Let stand in the dish 5 minutes. Use a large slotted spoon to transfer the pears to serving plates.
5

Drizzle juices from pie plate over pears and serve with frozen yogurt.