Baked Acorn Squash Slices with Brown Sugar and Pecans

Name: Baked Acorn Squash Slices with Brown Sugar and Pecans
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons maple syrup; 2 acorn squash ( or similar hard winter squash, such as carnival (about 1 1/2 pounds each)); 1/3 cup dark brown sugar; 1/2 cup whole pecans; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

"These simple and sweet Baked Acorn Squash Slices with Brown Sugar and Pecans made their first appearance at Law School Friendsgiving 2011. I knocked hesitantly, steaming plate of roasted acorn squash rings in hand, expecting to walk through the door and see a bucket of KFC and a packet of Oreos spread on the table for the holiday “feast.” I could not have been more wrong. Despite the looming presence of finals, cramped graduate apartment kitchens, and collective lack of kitchen experience, Ben’s law school cl..."

INGREDIENTS

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3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

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2 tablespoons maple syrup

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2 acorn squash ( or similar hard winter squash, such as carnival (about 1 1/2 pounds each))

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1/3 cup dark brown sugar

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1/2 cup whole pecans

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2 teaspoons kosher salt

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1 teaspoon black pepper

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1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

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