🫙 From the Spice Rack
spiced pears
7 pounds cooking pears 2 cups vinegar 4 cups granulated sugar 1/2 cup water 2 sticks cinnamon, broken 1 tablespoon whole cloves 1 lemon, sliced and seeded Peel and cor...
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Ingredients7 items
Ingredients
- 7poundcooking pears
- 2cupvinegar
- 4cupgranulated sugar
- 1/2cupwater
- 2stickcinnamon, broken
- 1tablespoonwhole cloves
- 1lemon, sliced and seeded
Directions
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Spiced Pears 7 pounds cooking pears 2 cups vinegar 4 cups granulated sugar 1/2 cup water 2 sticks cinnamon, broken 1 tablespoon whole cloves
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Immediately place in cold water to which a little lemon juice has been added to prevent turning dark
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Combine all other ingredients and bring to a boil
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Boil 5 minutes, then add drained pears
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Reduce heat and simmer until pears are tender and can be pierced with a straw
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Place pears in jars
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Continue boiling syrup 10 minutes and pour over pears, including some spices in each jar
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Yields about 6 pints