Recipe

Acorn Squash With Sugar-coated Cranberries Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Cherihannah / All my dishes 2 years, 2 months ago 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 . Prep:30m Cook:70m Servings:6	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

Prepare cranberries: Wash; remove stems( if frozen, do not thaw )

Prick each berry 2 x's with a pin.I keep clean pins (ones used on turkey to close cavity for stuffing) on hand.

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.

Remove berries one at a time to waxed paper, keeping them separate.

Let stand at room temp. for several hours or until dry.

Roll berries in granulated sugar & set aside

Prepare butter-spice mixture:

In a small bowl, place melted butter,salt, cinnamon, ginger and corn syrup; stir to combine thoroughly. Set aside.

Prepare acorn squash:

Place whole squash in a large microwave-safe baking dish.

Microwave on high (100% power ) for 4 min.

Cut squash in half lengthwise; remove and discard seeds and stringy fibers.

Return squash halves to baking dish cut side's down

Microwave on High for 6 min.

Rearrange squash halves cut side up.