Ingredients:
2 large Bosc pears
2 tsp sugar
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ cup dried cranberries
¼ cup low-fat granola
¼ cup apple juice
½ cup vanilla frozen yogurt (optional, on the side)
Directions:
- Peel pears; cut in half lengthwise. Use a melon baller or grapefruit spoon to remove core and seeds, creating a hollow.
- Place pear halves, with cut sides up, in a glass pie plate. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over pears.
- Combine cranberries and granola; mound into hollows of the pear halves. Pour the apple juice in and around pear halves. Cover dish loosely.
- Cook in microwave on HIGH 6-8 minutes or until the pears are tender when pierced with a knife. Let stand in the dish 5 minutes. Use a large slotted spoon to transfer the pears to serving plates.
- Drizzle juices from pie plate over pears and serve with frozen yogurt.
