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Baked Butternut Squash

This baked butternut squash is super simple to prep and looks beautiful on the plate served right from the skins or mashed for a delicious holiday side dish.
Makes:2 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 large butternut squash, halved lengthwise and seeded
  • 1 tablespoon butter, cut into pieces
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Prep:10 mCook:90 mReady:1 h 40 m
  1. Gather the ingredients and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Place squash, cut-sides down, in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Pour 2 cups water into the dish around the squash halves.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven until tender and easily pierced with a fork, about 1 1/2 hours, adding more water as needed.
  4. Remove from the oven and transfer each half to a plate, cut-side up.
  5. Top each half with butter and season with salt and pepper. Enjoy!

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