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Squash-Stuffed Baked Apples

Squash-Stuffed Baked Apples
My husband and our four children enjoy my baking creations, including apples filled with squash and festive spices. They make a healthy and delicious accompaniment to a holiday meal. —Carolyn Buschkamp, Emmetsburg, Iowa
8 ServingsPrep: 25 min. Bake: 1-1/2 hours

Ingredients

  • 8 medium tart apples
  • 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar, divided
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2-1/2 cups mashed cooked butternut squash
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, divided

Directions

  • Core apples, leaving bottoms intact. Peel the top third of each
  • apple. Remove apple pulp, leaving a 1/2-in. shell. Chop the removed
  • apple; set aside.
  • Place cored apples in an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.
  • Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar, orange juice and water; pour over
  • apples. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 1 hour or until tender,
  • basting occasionally.
  • In a large saucepan, saute chopped apple in butter until tender. Add
  • squash; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5
  • minutes, stirring often. Stir in the salt, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg and
  • remaining brown sugar. Spoon into baked apples; sprinkle with
  • remaining nutmeg.
  • Bake 30-35 minutes longer or until heated through, basting
  • occasionally. Drizzle with pan juices before serving. Yield: 8
© Taste of Home 2013

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Nutrition Facts: 1 stuffed apple equals 192 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 103 mg sodium, 43 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 1 g protein.
© Taste of Home 2013