Baked Pears with Dulce de Leche

I have pears at home and extra dulce de leche I already made. So this is the recipe I made because I wanted to use both. Ice cream I bought, but do have an ice cream maker and is not necessary. This is a real simple dish to make.

Baked Pears with Dulce de Leche

4 pears, cut in half with seeds and stem cut out, peel if you like I did not (I used Barlett)

2 tbls of butter

4 tbls of dried cherries, can use other dried fruit or mixture

4 tbls of walnuts, chopped

1/4 - 1/2 cup of dulce de leche

4 scoops of French Vanilla ice cream (optional)

cinnamon, sprinkle on top

1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Melt butter in a shallow pan or two pans.

3. Place the pears inside down in the pan(s).

4. Place in oven and cook for 15-20 minutes.

5. Turn over pears, check to see they are mainly cooked, if not return for 5 - 10 more minutes.

6. Divide the dried cherries and place some in each pear half (about 1/2 tablespoon on each half).

7. Divide the walnuts and place in each pear half, see step 6.

8. Put in oven and cook 10 minutes more.

9. Take out of the oven and put 2 pear halves on each plate.

10. Make sure the cherries and walnuts are on the pear and drizzle or dollop the dulce de leche on each pear half.

11. Scoop some ice cream if you like and sprinkle everything with cinnamon.