Amaretto Pear Parfaits - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 cups pears, peeled and chopped
    2 tablespoons amaretto liqueur
    1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
    1/2 cup gingersnap crumbs (about 2 oz)
    1 1/2 cups nonfat vanilla yogurt or 1 1/2 cups softened low-fat vanilla frozen yogurt
    4 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted
Preparation
    Combine pears through sugar and liqueur, cover and chill 1 hour.
    Spoon layers into each of 4 8-oz glasses in this order: 1 Tbs crumbs, 3 Tbs pear mixture, 3 Tbs yogurt or frozen yogurt. Repeat layers.
    Sprinkle 1 Tbs almonds over top of each parfait. Chill until serving time.

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