Pears are all the rage this Fall, and for good reason! This One Hour Easy Pear Butter is the perfect quick treat!
So I’m more that just a little excited about my first ever fruit butter!! My mom makes the absolute best Apple Butter, and it was a staple at our house growing up. The thing I remember apart from the amazing smells and delicious taste was what a process it was. I set out to find an easy version, and wanted to make it with PEARS!! Pears are this Autumn’s finest fruit, and I’m so in love with this ONE HOUR Pear Butter. So easy and so delish!
I adapted this fool-proof recipe from one of my favorite blogs, Gimme Some Oven! Ali is a fellow Missouri gal, and her blog has been one of my must-reads since I started The Cookie Rookie. It’s full of gorgeous photography and simple recipes…perfect! You can see her original recipe HERE. 
This is the perfect sweet spread for breakfast toast, english muffins, or licking straight off the spoon. No? Just me?? I’m in love.
Happy Fall! Can you believe it’s here??
Hope you enjoy this EASY Pear Butter as much as we do.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 3 15 ounce cans chopped pears drained (or about 6 pears, cored and chopped)
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons agave nectar or honey
- Juice from 1/2 lemon
- 1/2 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- pinch ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest optional
- 1 star anise totally optional
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring to combine.
- Bring to a boil, then cover (cover partially to allow steam to leave the pot) and simmer for 50 minutes. Stir occasionally to make sure the bottom doesn't burn.
- After the mixture has cooked down and the pears are super soft, transfer to a food processor (remove the star anises) or blender.
- Blend until completely smooth.
- Store in a mason jar for up to 1 week in the fridge. Enjoy!
Nutrition
You’re welcome, Mary!
Thanks, your recipe is the tasty answer to our bounty of pears. It is easy to make, as promised.
I would like to try this recipe, however I don’t want a HUGE batch. How much does this recipe yield?
“4 servings” does not seem accurate…
Hope you love it!
Sounds amazing! I have these pears and am wondering what to do with them!
Great recipe! I was looking for a basic fast stovetop recipe as I only had 4-5 boss pears going bad. I squeezed a small older (hard on outside) lemon, tweaked it to what I had on hand, mixed white sugar with organic honey, added cardamom instead of anise, and everything stayed the same. Mine turned out super rich and tastes like the perfect cold weather Autumn food! So thank you! I will use this again and again tweaking it to whatever I have in hand. Ps pics are very very nice!
Can this be canned? If so how? Water bathed or pressurcooked?
Hey Melissa, the pears will produce a lot of liquid when put over the heat. It won’t be soupy but it will be enough to boil. Hope you love the recipe!
Hello, I am confused as to what is boiling in this recipe. You say to put the DRAINED pears in a pot with some honey and a little bit of lemon juice to boil. What liquid is there to boil the pears in if I use regular pears and not canned? Thanks!
Thank you! I found it at an antique store and was so exited!!! I appreciate you stopping by Matt, love your site!
Hope you love it Brandon, thanks so much for the sweet comments!
Yay! Hope you love it!
Soooo making this asap!
Pretty photos! I recently made plum butter and I was surprised at how easy it was! I was considering a pear butter for fall, and now you’ve helped me decide. I’m making it!
I’ve never made a fruit butter, let alone pear butter. But this is going on my must make list! Ps. Love the super cute rustic scale. It’s perfect for the styling on this recipe.
Thanks Cynthia!! You’re exactly right. This is a good way to make it anytime you crave it!
I love pears, but they are delicate, and have a short shelf-life! I love that you have used canned pears since pear season is so short, we can enjoy year-round!
Thank you so so much Theresa!
This is a wonderful fall recipe! I can’t wait to try it.
Thanks so much Maris!
Love making pumpkin butter and I bet this is equally delicious!
It would be just as good without it. The star anise has kind of a licorice flavor that adds some depth, but it is not necessary at all!! Hope you love it!
This sounds wonderful, as I am also on a new love affair with pears! But I have never seen Star Anise in my grocery. Is there a substitute, or would it be good without it?
Thanks for stopping by!!
Aw thank you Justine!!!
AHHH! I LOVE pear butter but have never made it myself! This looks sooooo good, and only you could make jars photograph so beautifully! I need your skills in my life.
I love any butter but his pear butter look scrumptious. I need to start making some of my own :-)
Thanks Malinda! Hope you love it!
Wow! your photos are gorgeous! I haven’t tried pear butter before and I love pears so I must make this!
Ha! You are so sweet. Thank you!!!
first off, i’m mesmerized by your pictures and when I finally snapped out of it and saw that it was pear butter I fell in love! Pinned!
Yes!!!! Thanks so much Kimberly!!
Aw thank you Jessica!!!
Thank you so much Stephanie!!
This sounds so good – and the pictures are fantastic! Love that scale :)
I could most likely just eat this stuff right out of the jar! Sounds delicious and definitely making soon. Pinned!
Oooh, yum, I love pear butter and in many ways prefer it apple butter – richer and warmer flavor!