The essentials for living your best life.
The essentials for living your best life.
Pear clafoutis pairs ripe pears with baked vanilla custard for an easy fall dessert that requires no crust, mixer, or special pan. Essential Concepts: Use firm fruit, discard excess juice, bake until the center barely moves, and cool for 15 minutes; see [best pears for baking](/best-pears-for-baking/) and [baked custard basics](/baked-custard-basics/).
This slow cooker pear dump cake yields tender spiced fruit under a glossy brown sugar crust with little effort. Cooked low and slow in a crockpot, this pear spice dessert falls between a cobbler and a cake and works well as a fall fruit dessert.
Essential Concepts
– Ripe, firm Bosc or Anjou pears
– Layer butter, spiced pears, dry mix, brown sugar, nuts
– Do not stir
– High 2 to 2.5 hours, vent 15 minutes
– Serve warm