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Acorn Squash With Sugar-coated Cranberries Recipe


Acorn Squash With Sugar-coated Cranberries Recipe
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Serve this squash with roast turkey, broiled chicken breasts or pork loin. Great vegetarian dish also.This is so pretty on a holiday table. Recipe from McCall's .

Cherihannah

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Ingredients
  • Sugar-Coated Cranberries
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
  • Granulated sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • Acorn Squash
  • 3 medium- sized squash
  • 2 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup

Directions
  1. Prepare cranberries: Wash; remove stems( if frozen, do not thaw )
  2. Prick each berry 2 x's with a pin.I keep clean pins (ones used on turkey to close cavity for stuffing) on hand.
  3. In saucepan, bring 1 cup sugar & water to boiling. Cook until syrup spins a thread when dropped from spoon. Add cranberries; simmer 20 min. or until syrup jells when dropped from tip of spoon.
  4. Remove berries one at a time to waxed paper, keeping them separate.
  5. Let stand at room temp. for several hours or until dry.
  6. Roll berries in granulated sugar & set aside
  7. Prepare butter-spice mixture:
  8. In a small bowl, place melted butter,salt, cinnamon, ginger and corn syrup; stir to combine thoroughly. Set aside.
  9. Prepare acorn squash:
  10. Place whole squash in a large microwave-safe baking dish.
  11. Microwave on high (100% power ) for 4 min.
  12. Cut squash in half lengthwise; remove and discard seeds and stringy fibers.
  13. Return squash halves to baking dish cut side's down
  14. Microwave on High for 6 min.
  15. Rearrange squash halves cut side up.
  16. Spoon butter-spice mixture into cavity of each squash half.
  17. Cover with waxed paper; microwave on High for 5 to 6 min. or until squash is tender when pierced with a fork.
  18. Arrange squash on a large serving platter.
  19. Fill with reserved sugar-coated cranberries . (By this time, the cranberries should have a crunchy sugar coating )
  20. Serve immediately.
  21. Serves 6

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Comments


Wow, this looks good! I love cranberries AND squash! Thank you for the recipe, Cherihanna!


This looks very festive..will have to give it a try


Beautiful, I am definitely making this for Thanksgiving. Can you do the cranberries a day ahead??


Beautiful, I am definitely making this for Thanksgiving. Can you do the cranberries a day ahead??


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