Pear Honey - cooking recipe

Ingredients

10 lb. cooking pears, coarsely ground
6 lb. sugar
2 oranges (rind and all)
1 (16 oz.) can crushed pineapple
1 lb. shredded coconut (optional)

Preparation

Peel, core and grind pears.
Combine pears, sugar and orange and cook to a thick syrup.
Add pineapple (and coconut) last 15 minutes of cooking.
Seal hot in sterilized jars.