Baked Acorn Squash with Maple Butter
By
Robyn Bruce
@Robyn1757
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Ingredients
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2sticks butter, at room temperature
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6 Tbsppure maple syrup (not pancake syrup)
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1/2 tspground cinnamon
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1/4 tspground ginger
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1/4 tspground allspice
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3 largeacorn squash
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·salt to taste
How to Make Baked Acorn Squash with Maple Butter
- In a small bowl, stir together the butter, maple syrup, cinnamon, ginger and the allspice. Cover and refrigerate until good and cold.
- Cut squash in half lengthwise; scoop out the seeds. Place halves, cut side down, in a large baking pan.
Pour 1 inch of boiling water into pan. - Cover and bake at 350 degrees until squash is tender when pierced (about 45 minutes).
- Lift out squash and pour water from pan.
- Return squash to pan, placing halves cut side up.
Sprinkle lightly with salt. - Place a sixth of the maple butter in cavity of each squash half.
Cover and bake at 400 degrees until heated through, about 25 minutes. - To serve, arrange squash in a serving dish.
- At the table, scoop squash from skins onto individual plates or leave in the skin and serve each one individually. If they are seemingly too large per person, you can cut each half in half again and serve 1/4 squash to each person.