Roasted Pears with Honey-Spiced Browned ButterKarly
These Roasted Pears with Honey-Spiced Browned Butter are topped with luscious mascarpone and crispy cinnamon toast sprinkles – the perfect fall dessert that's quick, easy, and indulgent.
Equipment
- 1 Skillet Small
- 1 Griddle Cuisinart 360 Cooking Center
- 1 Food processor Optional, for crumb-making
Ingredients
For the Browned Butter
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ground nutmeg pinch
For the Cinnamon Toast Sprinkles
- 2 slices Texas toast or brioche thick
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar or more as needed
For the Roasted Pears
- 4 pears halved and cored
- 4 ounces mascarpone for serving
Instructions
Instructions
- Add butter to a small skillet and melt over medium heat. Once melted, stir occasionally until butter darkens and smells nutty and toasted, around 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and transfer to a heat-proof container. Stir in the honey, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
- Preheat Cuisinart 360 Griddle Cooking Center to medium-high on one side and medium-low on the other.
- Butter toast slices and cook on the medium-low side until browned and crisp, around 2-3 minutes per side.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and let cool, then break into crumbs by hand or pulse in a food processor. Set aside.
- Brush the medium-hot side of the griddle with neutral oil. Add pear halves, cut-side down, and roast untouched for 3-4 minutes until dark brown and edges begin to blacken.
- Flip pears and cook the skin-side for an additional 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Drizzle browned butter over each roasted pear half, smear with mascarpone, then sprinkle generously with cinnamon toast crumbs. Serve immediately.
Notes
Store extra browned butter in an air-tight container in the fridge. Adapted from Half Baked Harvest.