Easy Baked Summer Yellow Squash

By carolync

This is a delicious recipe to use up your crop of summer squash, even people who hate squash like this recipe! When I made this I added in about 2 teaspoons fresh minced garlic, but that is optional. You can cook the squash hours in advance.

Ingredients

• 3 lbs yellow squash, peeled
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese (can use more)
• 2 teaspoons seasoning salt (or to taste, or use white salt)
• black pepper
• TOPPING
• 1 1/2 cups fresh breadcrumbs
• 2 -3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup melted butter

Preparation

Step 1

1 Chop the squash into about 1-1/2-inch cubes. 2 Bake, steam or boil until tender; drain the squash very well if boiling then place into a bowl and mash. 3 Set oven to 375 degrees. 4 Butter a 2-quart casserole dish. 5 To the mashed squash add in 1/4 cup melted butter, onions, eggs, sugar, seasoned salt and black pepper to taste; mix to combine. 6 Transfer the mixture to prepared baking dish. 7 In a small bowl mix together the bread crumbs with Parmesan cheese and 1/4 cup melted butter until blended; sprinkle over the squash. 8 Bake for about 45 minutes. 9 Delicious!