I decided today to share with you a recipe for super yummy Fresh Pear Cobbler and another great way to use up the abundance of pears.

In my neighborhood there are a lot of pear trees! None of these trees are in my yard, but there are so many people watching to share their produce with us.  I love it when people share their pears!  There is a cute man that always puts them out on the sidewalk in front of his house with a sign says they are are free.  I think I am the only one that takes them.  You know when you buy produce from the grocery store it is usually picked way before it’s prime, and you never know how long it has been sitting there.  Pears from the grocery store always seem so hard and dry to me.  The neighborhood pears are perfect! Full of juice and yummy!

I love to just eat pears plain and without fuss.  BUT, when there are so many pears in my kitchen I need to do some other things with them.

A couple of years ago I did a search online and found THE BEST Fresh Pear Cobbler recipe on Good Stuff Maynard.  This instantly became a family favorite recipe!  My sister even has me make a couple for her family each year too.  The only tweak I make to the recipe is that I cut the sugar in 1/2 – the original recipe is amazing, but a little too sweet for my taste

Here is the recipe:

Fresh Pear Cobbler

Ingredients:

• 3  ripe pears, sliced
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cups milk
• 1 egg

1. Put butter in 2-quart casserole and place in oven until melted, then remove from the oven.
2. Mix pears with 1/2 cup white sugar and let stand.
3. Combine all dry ingredients and mix well.
4. Whisk together the milk and egg; slowly combine with dry ingredients & remaining 1/2 cup of sugar to make a batter.
5. Pour the batter over melted butter, (do not stir). Then spoon pears over the batter (do not stir) and bake for 50 to 60 minutes.

Serve hot or cold with ice cream or whipped cream.

Another thing that I love to do with my pears is to make pearsauce – yup, just like applesauce, but with pears.  I do it sugar free and I freeze it in small containers for use throughout the next several months.  All I do it make it is cut up pears and cook them in my crockpot until they are soft.  I usually use a little cinnamon and sometime cloves for added flavor, but that is it!  Once they are cooked I drain the excess liquid and mash them up good!  Simple as that!