Recipe for cooking buttery brown sugar dip with fruit

Starters and Snacks :: Warm Hor d'oeuvres

Buttery Brown Sugar Dip with Fruit

1 3/4 C. firmly packed brown sugar
1 C. butter
1 C. whipping cream
1 C. pecans, toasted
3 lb. pears, cored and sliced
3 lb. apples, cored and sliced

Mix together first 4 ingredients in a heavy saucepan; cook over med. heat until butter melts, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat and simmer 12 to 15 min., stirring occasionally.

Serve with pear and apple slices.

Makes approximately 25 appetizer servings.