My Dads Sweet & Buttery Acorn Squash
- 1 large acorn squash
- 1/4 cup brown sugar (divided)
- 4 tbsp butter or margarine (divided)
- 10 dash nutmeg
- 10 dash cinnamon
- preheat oven to 375F.
- place squash on cutting board stem side up.
- remove stem.
- cut acorn squash in half so u have two sides.. (not a top and bottom)
- scoop out seeds and save for later use ( check my recipe for acorn squash seeds)
- take half (1/8c.
- )of the brown sugar and pack some ontop of the rim of the aquash.
- and the rest inside.
- repeat with other squash.
- sprinkle about 5 dashes of nutmeg and cinnamon on each side of the squash.
- inside and on the rim.
- place 2tbl.
- of butter in the center of each squash.
- bake for 45 minutes to an hour on a baking sheet or until all the meat of the squash is tender and soft.
- baste squash every 10-15 minutes during baking process..
- serve by using the shell of the squash as the bowl, mix pulp/meat of the squash with the butter and sugar inside.
- or scoop out into a bowl and serve.
- optional: scoop out the meat part of the cooked squash.
- place in a small casserole dish and sprinkle the top with mini marshmallows and bake until marshmallows are soft and melting and lightly browned.
- then serve.
acorn squash, brown sugar, butter, nutmeg, cinnamon
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/351566-my-dads-sweet-buttery-acorn-squash (may not work)