Mashed Winter Squash
By: Barnaby Dorfman
Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 12:31am

Ingredients




1 3/4 pounds Winter squash
1/2 teaspoon Vegetable oil
1 1/2 tablespoons Butter, cut into pieces
Ground cinnamon for garnish (optional)
to taste Salt
to taste Pepper

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees Cut each squash into lengthwise quarter; scoop out seeds and discard. 2 Score yellow meaty part of each quarter with a knife. 3 Brush bottom of a shallow baking pan with the vegetable oil. Place squash pieces in pan with remove skin from squash and put squash pulp into a bowl; beat until fluffy; add butter, salt and pepper to taste, and beat it in well. If desired, garnish with sprinkle of cinnamon. 4 This recipe is excellent.