Baked Pears

Ingredients

• a dozen large baking pears
• a pound of white sugar
• a pint and a half of cold water
• the juice of the lemon

Method

1. 1

   Pare, cut in half and core the pears; place them close together in a baking-pan with a tight-fitting lid; strew over them the rind of a lemon.

2. 2

   Make a syrup of sugar, cold water, and lemon juice; stir until the sugar is dissolved, then pour it over the pears; cover them tightly, and bake them in a very slow oven for six hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The economical cook book (1905) by Sara T. Paul, page 136. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Baked Pears. Pare, cut in half and core a dozen large baking pears ; place them close together in a baking-pan with a tight-fitting lid — the brighter the pan, if tin, the better ; strew over them the rind of a lemon, cut off in very thin strips without a particle of the pulp. Make a syrup of a pound of white sugar, a pint and a half of cold water and the juice of the lemon

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