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??
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Hope you enjoy this EASY Pear Butter as much as we do.
Enjoy!
One Hour Easy Pear Butter
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!
Last step! Don’t forget to show me a pic of what you made! Upload an image or tag me @thecookierookie on Instagram!
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Thanks, your recipe is the tasty answer to our bounty of pears. It is easy to make, as promised.
You’re welcome, Mary!
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…
Sounds amazing! I have these pears and am wondering what to do with them!
Hope you love it!
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?
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!
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!
Soooo making this asap!
Yay! Hope you love it!
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!
Hope you love it Brandon, thanks so much for the sweet comments!
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.
Thank you! I found it at an antique store and was so exited!!! I appreciate you stopping by Matt, love your site!
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!
Thanks Cynthia!! You’re exactly right. This is a good way to make it anytime you crave it!