Grandma's Recipes for Mother and Daughter

by American Molasses Company

BAKED PEARS

6 large, fresh, cooking pears

¾ cup sugar

¼ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES

2 cups water

6 whole cloves

2 sticks cinnamon

Heat oven to 350° F. (moderate). Wash unpeeled pears. Cut a thin slice from bottom of each pear; stand upright in baking pan. Mix remaining ingredients in saucepan; cook until sugar is dissolved and pour over pears. Cover. Bake 35 minutes. Uncover. Bake 15 minutes or until pears are tender.

YIELD: 6 servings.