Categories: Vegetables- Pumpkin

Ingredients

• 1 (3 to 4 lb.) sugar pumpkin
• salt and ground black pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 6 slices whole-wheat bread, toasted and cubed
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
• 3/4 cup chicken broth

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Wash and dry pumpkin. Cut a large circle around stem; lift out and save.

3. Carefully scrape out seeds and pulp. Score inside several times with a knife. Sprinkle inside with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.

4. In a large bowl, combine onion, celery, bread cubes, apple, nuts, raisins, egg, butter and broth. Mix well.

5. lightly spoon stuffing into pumpkin (do not pack), leaving a little space at top for expansion. Replace lid.

6. Place pumpkin in a 9 × 13-inch greased baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours or until pumpkin is soft to the touch and filling is hot. Serve immediately, scraping some of the soft pumpkin from inside with each serving.

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