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Baked Acorn Squash

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INGREDIENTS

  • Acorn squash
  • Kosher salt
  • Butter
  • Brown Sugar
  • Maple Syrup

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Cut squash and scoop out the guts.  Great demo video HERE.
  3. Put ’em flesh side down on a sheet pan and toss ’em in the oven for 30-40 minutes.
  4. Pull ’em out of the oven and flip ’em over.  Sprinkle with kosher salt and put a pat of butter in the crater.  Follow it with 2 or 3 TBSP of brown sugar and a drizzle of maple syrup.
  5. Bake in the oven for another 15-20 minutes or until poking it with a fork is like poking soft butter.
  6. Remove and let cool for a few minutes before digging in.

Healthier Option:  Skip the salt, butter, and brown sugar.  Just drizzle with honey when you pull ’em out of the oven.  Still NOM NOM!

NOT Healthy Option:  Before you add the goodies in the “crater” add some breakfast sausage.  OMG NOM NOM!