Pumpkin and Apple Dessert Still in Season
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Collapse ▲Since winter doesn’t officially begin until December 21st, now’s a great time to take advantage of seasonal ingredients to make a yummy fall pumpkin bake. This is a simple recipe that looks beautiful and doesn’t require a pie crust.
Yummy Fall Pumpkin Bake
I pie pumpkin
3 TB butter
3 TB honey
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp cloves
2-3 apples, peeled & chopped (depending on size of pumpkin)
1-2 pears, peeled & chopped
½ cup dried cranberries
¼ cup chopped dates
½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans, toasted
- Cut top off pumpkin and remove seeds & pulp.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Melt butter in a medium bowl in microwave. Stir in honey, cinnamon and cloves.
- Add apples, pears, cranberries, and nuts to coat.
- Spoon mixture into pumpkin.
- Place top on and place pumpkin on a thick baking pan.
- Bake 1½ hours or until pumpkin is tender.
- Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.
To serve, slice pumpkin and serve with fruit combination. If you like, top with vanilla ice cream.
Pumpkin is a type winter squash, so you want a smaller dessert, try smaller types of winter squash, like acorn or butternut.
Orange vegetables are superstars when it comes to beta-carotene content, an antioxidant that helps protect our cells from aging and environmental damage. Also, just like carrots, pumpkin is great for your eye-site.
Other fun pumpkin facts:
- The record for the world’s heaviest pumpkin, 2,625 pounds, was established in Belgium in 2016.
- Native to North America, pumpkins are one of the oldest domesticated plants, having been harvested as early as 7,500 BC.