Meal in a Squash

Ingredients

• 1 medium acorn or butternut squash, halved and seeded
• a dash salt and pepper
• ½ cup applesauce
• ¼ lb finely chopped or ground cooked sausages
• 1 Tbsp butter
• ½ tsp cinnamon

Method

1. Put the squash, cut side down, in a shallow baking dish. Add 1/2 inch water. Bake 25 minutes in a 400 degree oven.
2. Turn cut side up and season with salt and pepper. Fill the squash cavities with the sausage and applesauce. Dot with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon. Return to the oven and cook 20-25 minutes more or until very hot and tender when pierced with a fork.

Notes

Rosauers recipe card VG-32 ("serve with tossed green salad and hot rolls"). Serves 2.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.

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