Description[]
This warm vegetable-based dish uses lots of butter, honey, and black pepper cooked to steamy perfection.
Ingredients[]
- 4 medium-sized acorn squash
- 8 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 8 teaspoons honey
- salt, to taste
- fresh ground black pepper, to season
Directions[]
- Slice the squash in half crosswise and scoop out the pulp and seeds. Trim the bottoms.
- Place 2 teaspoons honey in the hollow of each squash.
- Add 2 tablespoons butter or margarine to each and a twist or two of salt and fresh ground pepper.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the squash.
- Place squash in a large, shallow baking pan and bake, uncovered, at 350° F, for about 2 ½ hours.