Nana's Holiday Acorn Squash

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Servings: 2
Yield: 2 servings

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

1 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 cup crushed saltine crackers
water, as needed
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.