Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Acorn Squash


Ingredients

· 2 acorn squash, cut in 1/2

· 1 tablespoons brown sugar

· 2 tablespoons butter, softened

· 1 tablespoons maple syrup

· Salt

· Freshly ground black pepper

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/8 tsp cinimin

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Scoop the seeds and stringy pulp out of the squash cavities and discard. In a small mixing bowl, combine all ingredients other than squash. Rub the squash cavities and cut sides of the squash with the butter mixture and place them on a baking sheet, cut side up. Put about a 1/3 inch of water at bottom of pan. Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour until the squash is tender when pierced with a fork. Serve 1 half per person.

1 comment:

Bairds said...

Very easy to make and makes the house smell delicious! I decided I don't like acorn squash (nothing against the recipe) but Scott loved it!