Holiday Squash

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3/4 cup flour
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, cut into pieces but kept chilled
• 1 butternut squash
• 1 cup pecans, chopped (but not too small)
• 1 cup pure maple syrup

Recipe

• 1 peel squash with vegetable peeler (this is the only hard part - i promise!). cut squash in half lengthwise and remove seeds; cut into 1/2 inch half moon and crescent slices.
• 2 mix flour, brown sugar and allspice in medium bowl. cut in the butter to make crumbs - do not overmix.
• 3 layer 1/2 of the sliced squash in a baking pan, mixing up the various sizes evenly. original recipe specified an 11x7 inch pan, but i have used 9x13 inch, 8x8 inch or 3 quart square dishes, depending on the size of the squash.
• 4 top squash with 1/2 crumb mixture.
• 5 add remaining squash and sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.
• 6 top with pecans and drizzle with maple syrup.
• 7 cover with foil and bake 1 hour.
• 8 remove foil; bake until squash is tender, about 10 minutes.