{"id":2218,"date":"2009-12-04T09:03:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T15:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/?p=2218"},"modified":"2009-12-02T11:36:04","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T17:36:04","slug":"special-squash-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/special-squash-casserole\/","title":{"rendered":"SPECIAL SQUASH CASSEROLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2219\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/butternut_squash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2219\" title=\"butternut_squash\" src=\"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/butternut_squash-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"This thing, while good on its own, gets better with addition of a stick of butter and a bunch of vanilla and brown sugar. WHO KNEW?\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/butternut_squash-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/butternut_squash.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This thing, while good on its own, gets better with the addition of a stick of butter and a bunch of vanilla and brown sugar. WHO KNEW?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So there&#8217;s this thing Floy-Jean makes around the holidays. It&#8217;s generally called &#8220;Grandma&#8217;s Special Squash&#8221;, because<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>No one really makes it quite as good as she does.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s special. (And be &#8216;special&#8217; I mean &#8216;actually a dessert, masquerading as a hot dish&#8217;.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it goes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Start with <strong>3 lbs butternut squash<\/strong>, peeled, seeded. and cubed. (Not everyone skins them. Grandma does. Grandma&#8217;s version is better. Draw your own conclusions.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Cook the squash in water until the cubes are tender enough to mash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Drain the squash pieces, drop em in mixing bowl, and beat em until they&#8217;re smooth. Smooooth. No. Smoother.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Add milk, butter,\u00a0eggs, and vanilla; mix well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4 c milk<\/li>\n<li>6 T butter, melted (yeah, that&#8217;s most of a stick of butter. deal.)<\/li>\n<li>3 eggs, already beaten<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 t vanilla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Combine these dry ingredients, add them to squash, and mix well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/8 t nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 c sugar<\/li>\n<li>3 T flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 t cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 t cloves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Transfer everything in the mixing bowl to a (greased) 2-qt baking dish. Cover it and bake at 350 for 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> While the squash-ness is baking, make the\u00a0<strong>Topping. THE TOPPING IS NOT OPTIONAL.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a small\u00a0bowl, combine these topping ingredients until crumbly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 c vanilla wafer crumbs (about 15 wafers)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 c packed brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 T butter, melted (yeah, that&#8217;s the rest of that stick of butter you started in on before)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> When the squash is done baking, pull it out, and sprinkle the Topping over it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong> Stick the whole thing back in the oven again, uncovered,\u00a0for about 12 to 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong> Mouthgasm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So there&#8217;s this thing Floy-Jean makes around the holidays. It&#8217;s generally called &#8220;Grandma&#8217;s Special Squash&#8221;, because No one really makes it quite as good as she does. It&#8217;s special. (And be &#8216;special&#8217; I mean &#8216;actually a dessert, masquerading as a hot dish&#8217;.) Here&#8217;s how it goes. 1. Start with 3 lbs butternut squash, peeled, seeded. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/special-squash-casserole\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SPECIAL SQUASH CASSEROLE&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-2218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afk","category-blood-sweat-and-cheers","tag-cooking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2226,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions\/2226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}