Orange-Streusel Acorn Squash

Name: Orange-Streusel Acorn Squash
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams small acorn squash (about each); 2 Tbsps brown sugar; 79 milliliters corn flake crumbs; 0 teaspoons ground allspice; 2 teaspoons reduced-calorie margarine, melted; 59 milliliters frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted; 2 Tbsps coarsely chopped pecans

Orange-Streusel Acorn Squash is Head to the store and pick up acorn squash, ground allspice, orange juice concentrate, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a side dish. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 55 minutes.

Instructions

Wash squash; cut in half crosswise.

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Squash

Remove and discard seeds.

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Seeds

Place squash, cut sides down, in a 13- x 9- x 2-inch baking dish.

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Squash

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Baking Pan

Add hot water to dish to depth of 1/2 inch.

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Water

Bake, uncovered, at 400 for 30 to 40 minutes or until tender.

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Oven

Drain and let cool slightly.

Scoop out pulp into a bowl, leaving 1/4-inch-thick shells. Mash pulp.

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Pasta Shells

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Bowl

Add orange juice concentrate, brown sugar, and allspice; stir well.

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Orange Juice Concentrate

Brown Sugar

Allspice

Cut a thin slice off bottom of each squash shell so it will sit flat. Coat baking dish with cooking spray; return squash shells to baking dish. Spoon squash mixture evenly into shells.

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Cooking Spray