Acorn Squash
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 1 acorn squash
- water
- salt, to taste
- cinnamon, to taste
- butter, to taste
- brown sugar (optional) or maple syrup (optional)
directions
- Wash squash. Cut off stem. Place whole squash in slow cooker. Add water to a depth of about 1 inch.
- Cover and cook on Low 7 to 8 hours, depending on the size of the squash. Jag with a sharp fork to see if it is tender. Cook longer if it isn't. Check every 2 hours during cooking time, if you can, to make sure the squash isn't cooking dry. Add water if it drops below 1 inch deep.
- Remove squash fro cooker and allow to cool until you can handle it.
- Cut in half with a long bladed knife. Scoop seeds out of both halves.
- To serve, sprinkle flesh with salt and cinnamon. Dot with butter. Drizzle with brown sugar or maple syrup, if you wish. Or scoop out the flesh with a spoon into a mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients and mash together until well blended and smooth.
- Variation: Cut the squash in half before placing in cooker. Scoop out seeds. Wrap each half in foil and place in cooker. Add water to a depth of 1 inch.
- Continue with Step 2 above, but skip Steps 3 and 4.
- Alice Rush, Quakertown, PA.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
ElizabethKnicely
Meadville, Pennsylvania
29 year old wife and mother of 3 who is obsessed with meal planning.