Baked Stuffed Winter Squash

A friend of mine gave me this recipe, and both my spouse and i love it.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees f.

Place squash halves cut side down in baking pans.

Fill pans with about 1 / 2 inch water.

Bake squash 40 minutes in the preheated oven , or until tender.

While squash bakes , heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat.

Place onions and celery in the skillet , and cook until tender.

Stir in the sausage and thyme.

Cook and stir until evenly brown.

Remove squash from the oven , and carefully scrape the pulp from the rinds.

Set rinds aside.

Place the pulp in a bowl , and mash with a potato masher.

Mix in the cooked sausage mixture , egg , bread crumbs , raisins , and pecans.

Scoop into the reserved rinds.

Set stuffed squash in the baking dishes.

Bake 25 minutes in the 350 degrees f oven , until heated through.

acorn squash, olive oil, onion, celery, sweet italian sausage, dried thyme, egg, dry breadcrumbs, raisins, pecans