Cranberry Stuffed Acorn Squash

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 medium acorn squash
• 3 cups fresh cranberries (or frozen)
• 3/4 cup apple juice, divided
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 coat a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
• 3 cut squash in half; remove seeds and fibers. place cut side down on baking sheet and bake about 1 hour.
• 4 combine cranberries, 1/2 cup apple juice, sugar, cloves and nutmeg. cook over low heat until cranberry skins pop.
• 5 combine remaining apple juice with cornstarch, mixing well. gradually stir into cranberry mixture. heat just until thickened.
• 6 spoon cranberry mixture into squash halves and sprinkle with chopped walnuts. return to oven and bake until heated through, about 20 minutes.
• 7 to microwave: cover squash halves with plastic wrap. microwave on 100% power 12-18 minutes, until soft to touch.
• 8 cook cranberry mixture on 100% power 8-12 minutes, stirring once or twice.
• 9 fill squash halves and heat in oven as above, or microwave until heated through.