Garlic Butter Acorn Squash recipe

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Ingredients

cooking spray
2 acorn squash, halved and seeded
¼ cup butter, divided
4 teaspoons minced garlic, divided
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Nutrition Info

206.5 calories
carbohydrate: 27 g
cholesterol: 30.5 mg
fat: 11.8 g
fiber: 3.8 g
protein: 2.3 g
saturatedFat: 7.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 89.7 mg
sugar: 5.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

  2. Place each squash half in the baking dish, cut side down.

  3. Bake squash in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Flip squash over and place 1 tablespoon butter and 1 teaspoon garlic into each squash. Season with salt and pepper.

  4. Bake squash, cut-side up until tender, about 20 more minutes. Cool for about 5 minutes before serving.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

This is a savory version of the classic fall flavor of acorn squash!

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