Best Baked Pears With Currants And Cinnamon Recipes

MOCHA BROWNIES WITH COFFEE AND CINNAMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch square baking pan.
• Combine the butter, sugar, cocoa powder, instant coffee, vanilla, cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the butter melts, then remove from the heat and let cool until just warm (the sugar will not be dissolved). Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until the batter is glossy and smooth. Stir in the flour until combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until the brownies are set, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool in the pan, then cut into 16 squares.

BAKED PEARS WITH CURRANTS AND CINNAMON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Using apple corer, cut through stem of each pear and all the way through pear to base to remove core. Trim bottoms so that pears stand straight. Arrange pears in 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish. Combine sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon in medium bowl. Add currants. Fill pear cavities with half of sugar mixture. Stir cup water into remaining sugar mixture; pour around pears. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cover; chill.)
• Bake pears uncovered until tender and sauce is syrupy, adding more water to dish by 1/4 cupfuls if syrup becomes too thick and basting occasionally, about 50 minutes. Serve pears warm with syrup.