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Bear Mountain Butternut Soup With Cinnamon Croutons Recipe

	Chihuahua / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago A smooth, savory, easy first-course. From my collection, Good Housekeeping 1996 Prep:45m Cook:20m Servings:12	Chihuahua
	easy smooth savory butternutty cinnamony creamy

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Ingredients

For Croutons:

4 ounces French Bread (1/2 loaf) cut into cubes (you should have about 4 cups.)

3 Tbl. Margarine or Butter

1/4 tsp. ground Cinnamon

1/4 tsp. Salt

Soup:

1 medium Leek

3 Tbl. Margarine or Butter

2 medium Carrots, coarsley chopped

1 medium Onion, coarsley chopped

1 medium Butternut Squash (about 2 1/2 pounds), peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes

1 can (13 3/4 to 14 1/2 ounces) Chicken Broth

1/2 tsp. Salt

1/2 C Half-and-Half or light Cream

Water

Directions

Prepare Cinnamon Croutons:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In bowl, toss melted margarine or butter, cinnamon and salt with bread cubes. Spread bread cubes in 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" jelly roll pan; bake 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown.

Soup:

Cut off root end from leek. Cut leek lenghtwise in half; rinse with cold running water. Coarsely chop white and pale-green part of leek; discard tough dark-green part.

In 5-quart Dutch oven or saucepot, melt margarine or butter over medium-high heat. Add carrots, onion, and leek and cook until browned, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add squash, chicken broth, salt, and 2 1/4 C water; heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes until squash is very tender.

In blender (with center part of cover removed to allow steam to escape), blend squash mixture at low speed in small batches until very smooth.

Return squash mixture to Dutch oven; stir in half and half. Heat soup over medium heat until hot, stirring occasionally.

Serve with Cinnamon Croutons.

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Comments

rosemaryblue 1 year, 10 months ago said:
This sounds so very good, and reminds me of some that I had in Bennington, Vermont. Love the idea of the cinnamon croutons! Thanks for this good recipe!

conner909 1 year, 10 months ago said:
The cinnamon croutons would be good with an apple-butternut soup as well! Good post!

pat2me 1 year, 10 months ago said:
This sounds wonderful, thanks for posting!

zeni 3 weeks, 2 days ago said:
Cinnamon croutons with salt sounded YUCK but were TERRIFIC!! YUM YUM! The soup was delicious. However, peeling a Butternut squash was like trying to peel a pumpkin and cut it into 1 inch pieces. I wonder if there isn't an easier way such as baking the squash first. My first crack at this recipe turned out a rather thick soup. Next time I'll add a little more chicken broth. Very good. Will make it again.

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zeni 3 weeks, 1 day ago said:
Tip on peeling butternut squash. Use a potato peeler and my son says you don't need to cut the squash up into such little pieces. It cooked quickly.

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