Instructions: Place pears cut-side up in baking dish. Combine coconut, brown sugar and cinnamon. Place 2 tablespoons filling in each pear half. Bake at 350 degrees until tender and bubbly, about 30 minutes.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Comments: The Times Test Kitchen used underripe Comice pears here (the round, greenish-yellow variety), which held their shape during cooking and produced a nice buttery flavor. Other good winter pears for baking include the Anjou, Bosc and Nelis varieties

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