This past weekend was everything I love about Fall.
Long walks with friends in the crisp autumn air. Lazy mornings enjoyed at the coffee shop nextdoor. Days snuggled in cozy sweaters and fluffy slippers. Turning leaves everywhere on fire with color. Catching up on episodes of my favorite fall shows, and then watching a moving book club pick come to life in the theater with friends. Taking full advantage of Daylight Savings Time to sleep in an extra hour. Sunday morning worship and words.
And of course, in my opinion, all good weekends must include some quality time in the kitchen.
This particular weekend was all about the pears for me. Ever since my trip in October to visit Harry & David, I have been craving pears nonstop. And then somehow buying them nonstop. :)
So to use up a few leftover ripe pears this weekend, I decided to make a quick small batch of stovetop pear butter. It’s basically like apple butter — but with pears!
This is no all-day, enormous batch, canning recipe though. Just an easy pear butter recipe that can be ready to go in 1 hour. It’s also naturally sweetened with honey, so you can feel good about generously layering a little extra onto your toast or muffin or wherever you may enjoy your pear butter.
I’ll add it to my list of things I love about fall. It’s seasonal, full of yummy spices, and oh-so-comforting and sweet.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Easy Pear Butter
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Total Time: 60 minutes
- Yield: About 2 cups 1x
Description
This easy pear butter recipe can be made on the stove in 1 hour, and is perfect for spreading on toast other favorites!
Ingredients
- 3 lbs. ripe pears, peeled, cored and diced
- 3 Tbsp. honey
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- pinch of groud nutmeg
- pinch of ground cloves
Instructions
- Stir all ingredients together in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer for about 50 minutes, covering so that the lid is slightly open, and stirring occasionally. Keep an eye on the mixture so that the bottom does not burn. Once it has reduced slightly and thickened, remove from heat and transfer to a food processor. Pulse until smooth. (Or you can skip this step and keep the pear butter chunky.)
- Transfer to canning jars or a heat-proof container, seal, and refrigerate until ready to use. Keep for up to a week.
- *If your pear butter is too thin, feel free to run the mixture through a strainer to remove extra liquid. Alternately, let the mixture simmer on the stove longer to reduce more.
I’m a newby! My pears were overripe so I cut out the bad stuff. The texture and flavor is wonderful! Thank you!
Made it! Delish. Has anyone canned it in Kars? I am thing about doing that.
Can I put this in a canner and let them seal them put them in where the rest of my can food is or do I have to refrigerate
I’ve made this several times and it’s been delicious every time!
Easy to make and prepare. I used 3 cans of pares, I didn’t have cloves but a great substitute for cloves is all spice which I do have.
Please edit my previous comment on pear butter as I processed 5 minutes amd let sit 5 more and will still refrigerate and give your directions for use to my dad and a friend.
Made this with 9 or 10 very ripe Bartlett pears this morning, skipped cloves. Made 3 half pints and a taste for me. Didn’t know if I should turn upside down like jelly to seal but will refrigerate when cool and give 2 away with instructions to refrigerate and use within a week. Thanks for posting
Can you can this recipe?
Thank you so much for this recipe. I had just watched the video and in walks my husband with a milk crate full of pears. …we have no pear trees. He had been riding his side by side in the mountains behind our home and came upon a pear tree that was just growing in the woods. The pears were all over the ground and he picked some of the better ones and brought them to me. We ate some fresh, froze some and the rest I use to try this recipe. It turned out delicious. I ended up with 7+ half pints. It was truly one of the least messy projects I have done lately. I will now use my crock pots to make all my “butters”.
i made this in my crock pot and used my immersion blender to blend it but that’s the only thing i did different. the pear butter came out so good that both my brother and my dad started just drinking it straight out of the jars i gave them