Name: Cinnamon Squash Rings
Ingredients: 2 tb Brown sugar; 2 tb Milk; 1 Egg; 3/4 c Soft bread crumbs, (about 2 1/2 slices bread); 1/4 c Cornmeal; 2 ts Ground cinnamon; 1 lg Acorn squash (1 1/2 pounds), cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices and seeded; 1/3 c Margarine, or butter, melted

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Dairy, Eggs, Grains	Mexican	Vegetable, Cookbook, Side dish	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	tb	Brown sugar
2	tb	Milk
1		Egg
3/4	c	Soft bread crumbs, (about 2 1/2 slices bread)
1/4	c	Cornmeal
2	ts	Ground cinnamon
1	lg	Acorn squash (1 1/2 pounds), cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices and seeded
1/3	c	Margarine, or butter, melted

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oven to 400. Mix brown sugar, milk and egg. Mix bread crumbs, cornmeal
and cinnamon. Dip squash slices into egg mixture, then coat with bread
crumb mixture; repeat.
Place in ungreased rectangular pan, 13 by 9 by 2 inches. Drizzle with
margarine. Bake uncovered 30 to 35 minutes or until squash is tender.
MC formatted by Brenda Adams <adamsfmle@sprintmail.com>, mc 4/11/97
Recipe by: Betty Crocker's Easy Mexican, 1995 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1
#605 by Badams <adamsfmle@sprintmail.com> on May 11, 1997

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