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Baked Acorn Squash

Here's how you make Baked Acorn Squash
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 1h
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 pound acorn squash, whole
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Ground cloves, 1 pinch
  • Salt, 1 pinch
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  • Step 2: Grease a baking sheet and a baking dish.

  • Step 3: Halve the squash lengthwise and clean.

  • Step 4: Transfer the squash, cut side down, to the baking sheet, and bake the squash until it is tender, about 45 minutes.

  • Step 5: Don't turn off the oven.

  • Step 6: While the squash cooks, melt the butter, and stir in the remaining ingredients.

  • Step 7: Keep the mixture warm until it is needed.

  • Step 8: Arrange the squash, cut sides up, in the baking dish.

  • Step 9: Spoon the butter and seasonings equally over the sections.

  • Step 10: Bake the squash another 15 minutes, until it is very soft.

  • Step 11: Serve the squash hot.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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