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Baked Butternut Squash

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Baked Butternut Squash

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Time

0 min

Serving

2 persons

Calories

281

Rating

4.00★ (166)

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Author: Victoria Buriak
This easy baked butternut squash is delicious to eat and looks beautiful on the plate served right from the skins. Sometimes simplicity is best, and that's definitely the case with this recipe. Perfect as a holiday side dish. Or, peel the skin and mash the flesh for mashed butternut squash, or use in other recipes!

Ingredients

  • butternut squash, halved lengthwise and: 1 piece (seeded)
  • butter: 1 Tbsp (cut into pieces)
  • salt and ground black pepper: (to taste)

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  1. Gather the ingredients and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  2. Place squash, cut-sides down, in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Pour 2 cups water into the dish around the squash halves. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  3. Bake in the preheated oven until tender and easily pierced with a fork, about 1 1/2 hours, adding more water as needed. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  4. Remove from the oven and transfer each half to a plate, cut-side up. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  5. Top each half with butter and season with salt and pepper. Enjoy! Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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