Apple Baked Squash

Name: Apple Baked Squash
Ingredients: 2 acorn squash, halved crosswise, seeds and fibers scooped out; 2 small McIntosh apples, halved, cored and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices; 4 teaspoons unsalted butter; 3 cups apple cider

4 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

2 acorn squash, halved crosswise, seeds and fibers scooped out
2 small McIntosh apples, halved, cored and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
4 teaspoons unsalted butter
3 cups apple cider

Directions

1

Slice off the bottom of each squash half so that they stand flat, being careful not to cut into the flesh.
2

Place in a medium-size roasting pan.
3

Fan half of an apple in the cavity of each squash half.
4

Add 1 teaspoon of butter and 1/4 cup of the cider to each.
5

Pour the remaining 2 cups of cider into the roasting pan.
6

Cover the squash loosely with aluminum foil.
7

Roast until the squash is tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
8

Place 1 squash half on each of 4 plates and serve immediately.