Cranberry, Pear & Oatmeal Bake

I threw this together with the intention of it being a crisp. I knew there was too much juice for it to be crispy but I went with it anyway. Glad I did. It turned out great and it can be used for dessert or breakfast!

Cranberry, Pear Oatmeal Bake

1-29 oz can of pears in juice 

Or 3 fresh pears, peeled & sliced

Optional with fresh pears:  apple juice

2 tbs dried cranberries

1 cup old fashion oats

3 tbs brown sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

Sprinkle cinnamon

2 tbs butter, softened 

Or 1 tbs butter 1 tbs olive oil

Optional: vanilla ice cream

The more juice you have the more the oats will cook. This is a great way to go for a breakfast dish. You can use additional apple juice if needed for fresh pears. I would suggest a total of about 3/4 cup of juice/water. If you would like it more crispy use less juice. Preheat oven to 400*  Pour pears (with any juice) into an 8x8 baking pan and sprinkle with cranberries. In a bowl combine oats, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and butter and/or olive oil.  Mix well until mixture is moist and butter/olive oil make small clumps in the mixture. Spread the oat mixture evenly over the pears and bake for about 45 minutes. For dessert I served it warm and toped it with a tiny scoop of vanilla ice cream.