Baked Acorn Squash

  Baked Acorn Squash

Prep Time: 10 minutes. Start to Finish: 1 hour. Serves 2

Ingredients:

1 acorn squash, cut in 1/2
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened
2 tablespoons maple syrup
Salt
Black pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Scoop the seeds and stringy pulp out of the squash cavities and discard. 

In a small mixing bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter, syrup and salt and pepper, to taste. 

Rub the squash cavities and cut sides of the squash with the butter mixture and place them on a baking sheet, cut side up. 

Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour until the squash is tender when pierced with a fork. Serve 1 half per person.