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Honey-Spice Acorn Squash

Name: Honey-Spice Acorn Squash
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 8 servings.
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

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Total Time

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 70 min.

Makes

8 servings

"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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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

Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, mix the first five ingredients. Cut squash in half; remove and discard seeds. Fill squash halves with butter mixture.
Place in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake, covered, 1 hour or until squash is tender. Bake, uncovered, 10 minutes longer or until filling is bubbly.

Honey-Spice Acorn Squash

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