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Rice Stuffed Pumpkin

• 2/3 cup brown rice
• 1 (4 lb.) pumpkin
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ cup raisins
• ½ cup dried peaches, chopped
• 1 apple, peeled and chopped

Add to brown rice boiling water covered by 2 inches. Cook, covered, 20 minutes and then drain ( the rice will not be fully cooked). Hollow out pumpkin, rinsed and seasoned with ½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon cinnamon.

Mix rest of ingredients with rice. Stuff into pumpkin, replace the top of pumpkin and place on a greased baking sheet. Bake pumpkin 1 ½ hours at 350 0 or until very tender. To serve, bring stuffed pumpkin to the table. Serve each guest a portion of the filling. Then cut pumpkin into wedges for each serving.

From: Cooks.com