Recipes

Peel pears; cut in half lengthwise.

Use a melon baler or grapefruit spoon to remove core and seeds, creating a hollow.

Place pear halves, with cut sides up, in glass pie plate.

Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over pears.

Combine dried fruit and granola; mound into hollows of the pear halves.

Pour the apple juice in and around pear halves. Cover dish loosely with wax paper.

Cook on high 6-8min, or until pears are tender when pierced with a knife.

Let stand in the dish 5min.

Use large slotted spoon to transfer the pears to serving plates.

Drizzle juices from pie plate over pears and serve with frozen yogurt.