Stuffed Acorn Squash

Ingredients

• 1 large acorn squash (1 ½ lb)
• ½ apple sliced and chopped
• 1 medium onion chopped
• ¼ cup currants
• ¼ cup pine nuts
• ¼ cup cranberries chopped
• ¼ cup walnuts chopped
• 2-4 tbsp maple syrup, honey or brown sugar
• 3 tbsp butter
• 1-2 cups fruit juice (cranberry, apple, grape)

Instructions

Cut squash in half and scoop out seeds

Steam squash in covered pot for 30 min

Preheat oven 400F

Brown onion in skillet. Add pine nuts, cranberries, walnuts

Turn off heat and add apples and sweetener

Place squash in baking dish cut side up

Fill hollow with filling, pile it on

Pour fruit juice over filling and add remainder to baking dish

Dot with butter

Bake 30 to 60 min till done