Learn how to make healthy, no-sugar-added pear sauce at home! This easy step-by-step recipe is perfect for babies, snacks, healthy desserts, or baking. You can also use this recipe to make homemade applesauce.
Easy No-Sugar-Added Pear Sauce Recipe (Step-by-Step Guide)
Looking for a simple, healthy alternative to store-bought applesauce? This easy pear sauce recipe is naturally sweet, made with just ripe pears—no added sugar, preservatives, or artificial ingredients. Whether you’re making it for babies, toddlers, or yourself, this homemade pear sauce is a delicious and wholesome snack. You can also use apples in this recipe to make applesauce. I’m sharing my step-by-step guide to making pear sauce using fresh pears. It’s perfect for meal prep, canning, or using in baking recipes. Best of all, it takes minimal effort and requires just one main ingredient: pears!
If you’ve ever enjoyed freshly made pear sauce, you know how delicious it can be. It’s a great way to use up an abundance of pears from a backyard tree (I have a pear tree producing right now!), or to take advantage of these lovely fruits when they are in season. It’s super easy to make 100% natural, sugar-free pear sauce, using these few easy steps I’m sharing on the blog. Bonus: You can follow this same recipe to make apple sauce—just swap out the pears for apples. As a child growing up in the Northwest, I helped my mother make homemade pear and apple sauce each year from our bounty of fruit fresh from the tree. We would can it to enjoy all winter long. This recipe lasts well in the fridge for a week, and it’s also great frozen for a few months. To learn about the health benefits of pears and how to use them in the kitchen, check out my blog here.
Step-By-Step Guide
Enjoy pear sauce as a natural dessert, with cereal or granola, as an ingredient in recipes, or as an accompaniment to savory dishes.
Description
Learn how to make a batch of pear sauce with these simple steps.
- 4 fresh medium pears, peeled, cored, chopped into chunks
- 1 small lemon, juiced
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup water
- Place chopped pears in a saucepan with lemon juice, cinnamon and water. Stir to distribute ingredients, cover with a lid and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Using an immersion blender (or transfer pears to a blender), blend cooked pears until you reach desired consistency.
- Cool and serve immediately. Or transfer to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for 1 week, or freezer up to 6 months.
Notes
Use the same recipe for applesauce, using apples instead of pears.
Pear Sauce Serving Suggestions:
Sprinkle with cinnamon or granola, stir into oatmeal or cereal, enjoy as a spread with peanut butter on toast, or add to desserts, such as pastries and bars.
This pear sauce is excellent used as a sweetener to replace or reduce sugar in baked goods, such as pancakes, muffins, and bars.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 107
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 2 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 29 g
- Fiber: 6 g
- Protein: 1 g
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