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acorn squash with cranberry filling

Ingredients For acorn squash with cranberry filling

  • 4 sm
    acorn squash
  • pinch
    salt
  • 8 Tbsp
    butter
  • 8 Tbsp
    honey
  • 16 oz
    cranberry sauce, with whole berries

How To Make acorn squash with cranberry filling

  • 1
    Wash and dry squash.
  • 2
    Place squash in microwave oven and heat, uncovered, 15 minutes or until they feel soft to the touch.
  • 3
    Let stand 5 minutes.
  • 4
    Cut in half and remove seeds.
  • 5
    Place cut-side-up in a shallow, heat resistant, non-metallic baking dish.
  • 6
    Sprinkle with salt. Place 1 tablespoon of butter and 1 tablespoon of honey in each half.
  • 7
    Heat, uncovered, in microwave oven for 4 minutes or until butter has melted.
  • 8
    With a brush or spoon, spread honey-butter mixture over cut surfaces of squash.
  • 9
    Place a spoonful of cranberry sauce in each squash half.
  • 10
    If warmed cranberry sauce is desired, return filled squash halves to microwave oven for 6 minutes or until cranberry sauce is hot.

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