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Oven Roasted Buttercup Squash

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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Servings: 8
Author: Rebecka Evans

Ingredients

  • 1 large buttercup squash
  • 1 stick butter
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  • Remove top of squash like carving a pumpkin, clean seed from top and keep to use when baking
  • Completely remove seeds and pith from squash, salt and pepper inside of squash
  • Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil
  • Fill squash cavity with butter, molasses and sugar, add more salt and pepper to taste
  • Wrap squash completely in aluminum foil, place on prepared baking sheet and bake for 45-1 hour
  • Remove squash from oven and test for doneness, lift lid, piercing the flesh with fork. Squash is done when fork slides smoothly into flesh with no resistance
  • Using a large spoon, scoop flesh in chunks leaving flesh inside the squash in the hot liquid
  • Serve hot

Notes

This is a spectacular centerpiece for the holidays!