Baked Butternut Squash Stuffed With Apples And Sausage

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 (1 lb) butternut squash, halved and seeded
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 8 ounces fresh bulk sausage (i use jimmy dean's maple)
• 2 apples, peeled and cubed into 1/4-inch cubes
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground sage
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter, cut into bits
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 lightly oil baking dish.
• 3 half squash lengthwise and remove seeds.
• 4 arrange squash cut side up on the baking dish.
• 5 brush lightly with oil and cover with foil.
• 6 bake until almost tender, 30-40 minutes.
• 7 keep the oven on.
• 8 meanwhile, crumble the sausage into a skillet and cook over medium heat until no longer pink.
• 9 add apple.
• 10 cook, stirring until crisp-tender.
• 11 let cool slightly.
• 12 scoop out the squash, leaving 3/8 inch thick shells.
• 13 lightly mix the squash pulp into the sausage mixture breaking up squash as little as possible.
• 14 mix the butter, brown sugar, pecans, sage, salt and pepper.
• 15 pile the stuffing into the squash halves.
• 16 dot with bits of butter and brown sugar.
• 17 bake uncovered until piping hot and brown and crusty on top, 20-25 minutes.
• 18 let cool for several minutes before serving.