Slow-Cooker Pear Butter

Name: Slow-Cooker Pear Butter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 ripe pears, peeled, cored, and cut into chunks (I recommend Bosc pears); ½ lemon, juiced; ½ cup dark brown sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste, optional

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:8h

This slow cooker pear butter turns ripe pears into a thick, silky spread with warm spices and a deep pear flavor that smells like fall, all while the slow cooker does most of the work. Perfect for spreading on toast, biscuits, pancakes- well, everything!

Updated at: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:16:00 GMT