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Crockpot or Instant Pot Pear Sauce

Slow cooker or instant pot will get this easy, short ingredient list pear sauce made for you efficiently. Enjoy real food without all the extra and unnecessary additives.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Course: Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 10-15 pears depending on size, peeled and cored (or enough to fill the crockpot)
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice fresh or bottled
  • 1/2 cup sugar optional
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon optional

Equipment

  • 1 immersion blender
  • 1 slow cooker or instant pot

Method
 

  1. Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours. No need to mix ingredients. Just add to the crockpot and let them cook.
  2. After cook time, use immersion blender to smooth pears to a sauce, leaving all the juices in the crockpot as they'll help make a smoother homemade pear sauce.
  3. With a spoon, taste test your pear sauce to see if it needs more sweetener or spices according to your liking.

Notes

NOTE: I prefer to leave out the additions like sugar and cinnamon. One, for the health factor of no-added-sugar. Two, because one child likes cinnamon, one doesn't. So I make adjustments just before serving the pear sauce.
 * How to store pear sauce: fill sanitized jars with sauce and close with sanitized lid and ring. You can water bathe the jars for 15 minutes for shelf stability and long term storage. Or you can store them in the refrigerator to be eaten within a month. To freeze, add sauce to freezer safe containers and store for up to 6 months. 
 
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