Dessert Recipes
Dessert in a Pumpkin
Ingredients
- 1 small (7 inch diameter) pumpkin
- 2 cups peeled, sliced apples
- 1 cup chopped dates or raisins
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Wash and dry pumpkin; slice off top for a lid. Scrape out seeds.
- Mix all ingredients thoroughly and fill pumpkin.
- Return lid to pumpkin; place on a cookie sheet.
- Bake until apples and pumpkin are tender. Begin checking doneness after 40 minutes. May take one hour or more.
- Serve hot or cold.
- Serve from shell, spooning some pumpkin with each portion.
- Top with sour cream if desired.