Baked Acorn Squash with Brown Sugar and Butter

This will be the first recipe of the week with the free acorn squash harvest!  Had to look for Paula Deen because she knows how to make the veggies.  Found this recipe on Food Network's website.  Plus it's very simple, and I LOVE simple.  Only 10 minute prep time, 1 hour to bake.  States 2 servings...  I'm only going to double it though and cut them in half again before serving.  Not sure that everyone will want to eat half a squash, they are decent sized.

Ingredients

• 1 acorn squash, cut in 1/2
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• Salt
• Freshly ground black pepper

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 the brown sugar, butter, syrup and salt and pepper, to taste. Rub the squash cavities and cut sides of the squash with the butter mixture and place them on a baking sheet, cut side up. Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour until the squash is tender when pierced with a fork. Serve 1 half per person.

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen, 2007

 

Family liked it for the most part.  I'm not sure that Hannah really tried it and even though Travis was skeptical at first he enjoyed it too!  The 2 full squash were more than enough for our family.  I think we could easily have gotten by with one.