8 Fresh Pear Recipes for Fall

The sneaky sweetness and soft flavor of pears are delightful this time of year. They are great mixed in breads, cakes, and crisps, but they're also delicious in salads, chutneys, and drinks! Try out these 8 Pear-Filled Fall Recipes with any fresh pears you have on hand this season.
1. Perfect Pear Bread

Perfect Pear Bread really does love pears. Those oft-forgotten fruits, with their juiciness and sweetness, are beautifully blended into the sweet and tender brown bread throughout so each slice is loaded with pear flavor! With almond flavoring in the creamy glaze and the bread itself to accent the sweet pear goodness, Perfect Pear Bread really does make the fruit the star of the show.
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Three, two, one... blast off! Rocket Salad launches your taste buds into a whole new delicious galaxy! A bed of fresh, crunchy arugula tossed with some toasted, salty walnuts, sweet, juicy pears, and creamy crumbles of blue cheese that will have a tasty magnetic field pulling you to it. The tangy, sweet dressing drizzled on top is what really deems this salad out of this world! Prepped in 15 minutes, which will feel like the speed of light, munching on Rocket Salad will, without a doubt, be the supernova of your day!
See More3. Pookie's Pear Crisp

Get ready to be absolutely obsessed with anything and everything that is Pookie's Pear Crisp! The jammy, sweet pears topped with the cinnamon-y, pecan crumble is just a match made in heaven that you'll crave forevermore. Perfect for when the weather is starting to cool off a bit and best served with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream, Pookie's Pear Crisp is just the absolute best thing to ever grace your dessert plate. Get ready to fall in love!
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It almost sounds like a fairytale, doesn't it? "Pig and the Pear." You could imagine the story about a savory, crispy, juicy pork chop deep-fried to a golden brown in shortening meeting a sweet and spicy pear chutney as they fight an evil witch (the witch in this story being played by hunger). The flavor is just as fantastical as a fairy tale, and it's just what you need to add a little whimsy to your dinner plans. Pig and the Pear is a taste story your tastebuds will want to reread again and again.
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What do you get when you add fruit to your salad? The perfect "pear." There couldn't be a truer nickname for this nourishing, crunchy Pear Chicken Salad! Your plate will be overflowing with crispy romaine, tender chicken, juicy pears, creamy blue cheese, and sweet cranberries. The sweet, tangy dressing drizzled on top makes the punchline taste even yummier. In just 15 minutes, Pear Chicken Salad will have you thinking how funny it was that you didn't believe fruit belonged on a salad!
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Hey, hey, hey! DJ Yum here to lay down some beats and cook up some eats! Our first bumpin' track on the queue? Remix Broccoli Salad is it! This crispy, sweet salad is jammin' with crunchy broccoli, juicy apples, tart pears, tangy onions, nutty cashews, and tongue-tingling dried cranberries. This dynamic orchestra of flavors dances in a creamy, zesty dressing that hits the high note every single time. Remix Broccoli Salad will be a worldwide hit, no question! DJ Yum out!
See More7. Pear Bundt™ Cake

There's something charmingly rustic about the Pear Bundt™ Cake! Maybe it's the sprinkling of powdered sugar on top to give it that down-home, snowy-sweet look? Or maybe it's the light and tender interior of the cake, with bites of soft and juicy pears and a distinctly fragrant pear flavor throughout? Who needs fancy frostings anyhow? Pear Bundt Cake is the cake that charms everyone who sees it and doubly so for those who taste it!
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Craving a sweet drink treat with a little pizzazz? Pear Vanilla Gin Fizz is a delightful new way to enjoy your daily allowance of fruit! Starting with a homemade pear-vanilla syrup, then accompanied by sweet pear juice, a splash of gin, soda water, and some crushed ice to create a new and refreshing take on a classic cocktail. There is nothing prickly about Pear Vanilla Gin Fizz... you are going to embrace and love it! How sweet it is!
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