Ingredients

The following ingredients have 2 Servings
  • 1 acorn squash, (halved)
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 teaspoons honey, (pur maple syrup or Hickory Syrup)
  • 2 tablespoons firmly-packed brown sugar
  • Salt (and coarsely ground black pepper to taste)

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Cut squash in half lengthwise (from stem to end).  Use a spoon to scoop out the seeds and stringy stuff in the center of each squash half.  Score the insides of each half several times with a sharp knife.
  • Add 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 teaspoon of honey, honey (maple syrup or hickory syrup), 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, salt and pepper to the hollow scoop of each squash half.
  • Place each half in a large baking pan, cut side up.  
  • Add about approximately 1/4-inch of water to the bottom of the baking pan so that the skins do not burn and the squash does not get dried out.  
  • Bake approximately 1 hour or until tender when flesh is poked with a fork.  Remove from oven and let cool a little before serving.  
  • Spoon any buttery sugar sauce that has not already been absorbed by the squash over the exposed areas of the baked squash.
  • Makes 2 Servings.