Quick Baked Pears

Ingredients

• 0.3 cup apple juice 
• 2 large bosc pears 
• 0.3 teaspoon cinnamon 
• 0.3 cup cranberries mixed dried (such as Sun-Maid Fruit Bits)
• 0.5 cup vanilla yogurt frozen low-fat divided
• 0.3 cup cereal low-fat
• 2 teaspoons sugar 

Equipment

• knife
• wax paper
• microwave
• slotted spoon
• melon baller

Directions

1. Peel pears; cut in half lengthwise. Use a melon baller or grapefruit spoon to remove core and seeds, creating a hollow.
2. Place pear halves, with cut sides up, in a glass pie plate.
3. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over pears.
4. Combine cranberries and granola; mound into hollows of the pear halves.
5. Pour the apple juice in and around pear halves. Cover dish loosely with wax paper.
6. Cook in microwave on HIGH 6-8 minutes or until the pears are tender when pierced with a knife.
7. Let stand in the dish 5 minutes. Use a large slotted spoon to transfer the pears to serving plates.
8. Drizzle juices from pie plate over pears and serve with frozen yogurt.