Fruit & Nut Stuffed Pumpkin

This is a delicious way to use any whole pumpkins you may have from Halloween or Thanksgiving.

You need:

Small/medium pumpkin

Raisins

Cranberries

Chopped apples

Walnuts

Sweetener (Sugar, Agave Nectar, Sucanat, etc.)

Cinnamon

Baking dish (something with sides because juices will spill out)

1)  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Remove the top and scoop out the pumpkin.  Reserve seeds if you want to toast them in the oven!

2)  Combine raisins, nuts, cranberries, diced apples, and sweetener in a bowl (Quantities of each ingredient are up to you!  Use more or less depending on your family's tastes and the size of the pumpkin).  Mix.

3)  Place the pumpkin in a baking pan and stuff with the mixture.  Sprinkle with cinnamon.  Place the top back on the pumpkin (wet the stem to keep it from drying out in the oven).  Cook for 1.5 hours (or until pumpkin is soft).

Include small chunks of pumpkin to enhance the flavor when serving!  Yummy!!