Nana's Holiday Acorn Squash
Description
Acorn squash are filled with a mixture of crushed saltine crackers, butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar in this tasty fall side dish suitable for holiday meals.
Ingredients
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1 cup butter
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3/4 cup brown sugar
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1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
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1 cup crushed saltine crackers
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water, as needed
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1 acorn squash, halved and seeded
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir cinnamon and brown sugar through the melted butter; remove from heat and stir crushed saltine crackers into the butter until moistened.
3
Pour enough water into a baking dish to be about 1 inch deep. Lay the acorn squash into the water with the rounded sides down. Fill the cavity of the squash with the saltine cracker mixture.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until the squash is easy to pierce with a fork, about 45 minutes.