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Rich and nutty brown butter is a perfect match to pears in these indulgent brown butter pear bars! With a brown butter pear filling and cinnamon graham crust, these bars are a crowd pleaser.
These pear bars are a the cozy fall variation of my reader favorite brown butter cherry bars.
I love the way the creamy Bartlett pears almost melt into the spiced brown butter filling; I’m convinced pears plus brown butter is a combination of pure magic.
Perfectly spiced with cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg, these are the most delicious fall dessert bar.
Brown Butter Pear Bars
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 56 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Yield: 32 bars
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
Brown butter pears bars are the perfect dessert bar for pear season! With a brown butter pear filling and cinnamon graham crust, these bars are a crowd pleaser.
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup graham flour
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- pinch of nutmeg
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp light brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Filling
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 Tbsp flour
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp cardamom
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 4 cups diced pears
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with parchment paper.
- Make crust: Whisk together flours, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Combine melted butter, sugars, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Add flour mixture and fold in until incorporated. Press dough evenly into bottom of prepared baking dish and bake for 18 minutes, until golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack and cool for 20 minutes.
- Make filling: Cook butter in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until it foams, turns clear, and then turns a deep brown, about 6 minutes. Pour browned butter into a glass measuring cup and cool for 10 minutes.
- Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl; add flour, cinnamon, cardamom, and salt and whisk until smooth. Gradually pour in cooled brown butter; whisk until completely blended. Fold in pears and pour filling over crust.
- Return pan to oven and bake for 37 to 38 minutes, until filling is puffed and golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
- Just before cutting, chill in the freezer for 15 minutes. Carefully lift parchment to remove bars from pan and place on a cutting board; cut into squares using a serrated knife.
- Store bars in a single layer in an airtight container in the refrigerator; let come to room temperature before serving.
