recipe- Festive Acron Squash

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I took this to our Thanksgiving celebration. Two of the men and one boy refused

to taste it. All the others told their wives to ask for the recipe. They

argued about who got the little bit of left overs.

 

Festive Acorn Squash

 

4 small or 3 large acorn squash

Orange or other fruit juice, how much will depend on baking pan you use.

dark brown sugar

1 tablespoon melted butter or margerine

1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon

Salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

1/2 cup pecans, in halves or large pieces

 

Microwave the whole squash for 1 minute. This makes it a lot easier to cut.

Cut squash in half and remove seeds and threads. Arrange squash halves, cut

side down, on a jelly roll pan or other large flat baking pan with sides at

least 1/2 inch deep. Pour orange juice in the baking dish to a depth of about

1/2 inch. (I did not have any orange juice so used Strawberry Mango and it was

good, too.) Bake at 350* for half an hour. Set aside to cool until the

squash are cool enough to handle. If any juice remains in the bottom of the

pan, pour it off and save. With a spoon, scoop the flesh out of the shells and

place it in the baking dish.

 

In a small bowl, mix 1/4 cup of reserved juice or fresh juice, the brown sugar,

cinnamon, butter, lemon juice and salt and pepper. Drizzle over squash and

sprinkle with pecans. Bake another 30 minutes.

 

 

 

Serves 6-8