My sister gave me some yellow acorn squash the other day and I had no idea how to cook it. So yay for google and millions of recipes at your fingertips. Here's the one I used...
BAKED ACORN SQUASH
Yield: 4 servings.
2 med. acorn squash
2 to 4 tbsp. butter
Salt
2 to 4 tbsp. brown sugar
1. Wash the acorn squash well and cut in half, lengthwise.
2. Remove seeds.
3. Place the half squash cut side down in pan. Pour boiling water to 1/4 inch depth. Bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes. Turn cut-side up; sprinkle with butter, salt and brown sugar. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until tender.
I laid the halved squash in the pan and after 30 minutes in the oven I turned it and added the rest of the ingredients.
The butter and brown sugar melted beautifully. After a total of 1 hour in the oven, the squash was very tender. The hardest part was scrapping it out of the shell without burning myself or ripping the shell apart.
It created a mashed potato-like mush that tasted pretty good. In the end I'd say I'm glad I tried it, but it was way too much work for something we didn't absolutely love.
Photos by moi.
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