Spicy Apple-Filled Squash
Tags:
all,
squash,
apple
Ingredients
- 1 acorn squash (about 1 lb.)
- 1 Golden Delicious apple, peeled, cored, and sliced
- 2 teaspooons melted margarine
- 2 teaspooons packed brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspooon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspooon ground nutmeg
- dash of ground cloves
Directions
- Heat oven to 350. Grease a small baking dish. Halve squash and remove seeds; bake 35 minutes. Keep oven on.
- Cut squash halves in two; turn out sides up. In small bowl, combine apples, margarine, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves and mix well. Top squash pieces with apple mixture.
- Cover and bake 30 minutes or until apples are tender. Serve.
Microwave Version:
- Halve and seed squash.
- Arrange, cut side up in thick paper towel on microwave floor.
- Microwave on high 6 to 7 minutes, rotating squash halfway through cooking time. Remove from microwave and place in microwave-safe dish; cut halves in two.
- In small bowl, combine apples, margarine, sugar, and spices as above.
- Top squash pieces with apple mixture, cover with vented plastic wrap and microwave on high 4 to 5 minutes or until squash and apple are tender.
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