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Honey-Spice Acorn Squash Recipe

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"I've made this simple side dish for more than 35 years," says Alpha Wilson of Roswell, New Mexico. Cinnamon and ginger give a nice spiced flavor to the moist tender squash halves. You can use up the extra squash in the two recipes that follow.

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Honey-Spice Acorn Squash Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 70 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

15 70 85

Ingredients

1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
4 medium acorn squash

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the honey, butter, salt, cinnamon and ginger. Cut squash in half; discard the seeds. Fill squash halves with butter mixture.
Place in a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Cover and bake at 375° for 1 hour or until squash is tender. Uncover; bake 10 minutes longer or until filling is bubbly.
Serve four squash halves. Drain and discard butter mixture from remaining squash; mash. Refrigerate squash for another use. Yield: 4 servings plus about 4 cups mashed squash.

Leftover: Squash Waffles

Originally published as Honey-Spice Acorn Squash in Quick Cooking September/October 2001, p44

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