My parents have always had an abundance of produce growing in their backyard: if not from their fruit trees, then from their freakishly successful garden. This year's pear crop proved to be pear-a-mount.
Pears are a LOT of work. Each one needs to be peeled, cored, and sliced into desirable portions. They also need to be processed with a sense of urgency to avoid over-ripening. After I brought these home, I surfed the web for all possible recipes and settled on making Pear Butter and Pear Bread.
Once the pears are prepped, the rest is easy. For the pear butter, I filled the crockpot to the brim with pears and set it on low for 14 hours. I didn't measure anything, because of an aversion I have to following instructions. Once that was done, I added 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, and 1/4 tsp of nutmeg. It turned out just right.
I found a delicious recipe for pear bread on allrecipes.com. Delightful.
I ended up freezing the pear butter and eating all the bread. Life is good.
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