Oven Baked Fresh Fruit Stuffed Whole Pumpkin

This is a good and really old recipe for cooking
a pumpkin outside by an open fire, stuffed with
an assortment of fresh fruit and nuts.
I can’t tell you how good this is, just that
it's better than a freshly baked pumpkin pie.
I changed the recipe to cook it in the oven.

Ingredients:
1 whole pumpkin, about basket ball size
2 cups chopped apples
1 cup chopped pears
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup mixed raisins
1/2 cup dried cherries
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
3 tablespoons melted butter
1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste

Directions:
Cut top off pumpkin and scrape out seeds.
Reserve the top. Wash and pat dry pumpkin.
Place pumpkin on a cookie sheet with raised edges.
In a large bowl combine remaining ingredients.
Pack firmly into pumpkin and replace top.
Bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 to 1 1/2 hours,
or until fork can be easily inserted into pumpkin.
Serve warm with whipped topping if desired.