Bavarian Style Baked Squash Recipes

BAKED BUTTERNUT SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place squash, cut sides down, in a 9x13 baking dish. Pour water into dish around squash halves.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tender and easily pierced with a fork, about 1 1/2 hours. Carefully remove the skin with a fork; it should be very easy to remove. Top squash halves with butter and season with salt and pepper to taste.

BAVARIAN STYLE BAKED SQUASH

Steps:

• Cut squash in half lengthwise, remove seed. Cook, covered, in a small amount of boiling salt water in a large saucepan for 15 minutes or until tender. Drain.
• Scoop pulp from shells into a large bowl, leave a thin rim to hold shells in shape.
• Mash pulp with the butter, sugar, salt, mustard, and pepper. Stir in the crumbs and sauerkraut.
• Pile lightly into shells. Place into a baking pan. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes or until heated through.

THE BLACK- EYED PEAS BAKED SQUASH

Steps:

• Cut squash and onion in pieces, boil together, then reduce heat until tender.
• Drain & mash squash some.
• Combine squash,onion, eggs, bread bits, butter,sugar, salt .
• Put into a 3 quart dish that has been oiled.
• Bake at 350 until lightly browned.
• Sometimes I toss in some velveeta - when the kids were small they liked it with the cheese.

TWICE BAKED SQUASH

Steps:

• Halve squash. Remove seeds. Place the halved squash, cut side down, in a 9x13 dish. Cover and bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes, until tender.
• Remove pulp from squash, leaving a 1/4" shell in each half.
• In bowl, combine pulp, spinach, 1/2 of the Parmesan, the eggs, margarine,bacon, onion, salt and pepper.
• Fill shells with this mixture. Mix remaining cheese with breadcrumbs, sprinkle on top of squash.
• Bake at 350, 25-30 minutes.