Pear Honey - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. pears, unpeeled
3 lb. sugar
1 large can crushed pineapple

Preparation

Wash, core and put pears through a meater grind or chopper. Add sugar and let stand 2 hours or overnight.
Cook like preserves (around 1 hour), then add pineapple about 20 minutes before canning.
You may want to use juice of 1 lemon (optional).
Put in clean, sterilized pint jars.
Makes about 5 pints.
Delicious served on toast and it can be mixed with peanut butter to make a sweet sandwich.