Rice Sfuffed Cornish Hens

Ingredients:

3/4 cup chopped onion
1⁄4 cup chopped celery
1/1 cup butter or margarine, divided
3 cups cooked rice
3/” cup raisins (optional)
1/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
3 Tbsp. honey
3 Tbsp. lemon juice
3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/1 tsp. salt
1/1 tsp. pepper
6 Cornish game hens (about
20 oz. each)

Instructions:

In skillet, saute onion and celery in 3 tablespoons butter until tender; remove t: rom heat. Add rice. raisins, walnuts, honey, lemon juice, cinnamon, salt and pepper, mix well. Stuff hens. Place on a rack in large shallow baking pan. soften remaining butter, rub over skins. Bake, uncovered. at 375° for 1 hour or until the juices run clear. Yields 6 servings.