Onions Baked In Their Papers

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 medium yellow onions (about 2 1/2 inches in diameter)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons mixed herbs, crushed (such as dried thyme, sage and tarragon leaves)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes or 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup fresh breadcrumb
• fresh tarragon sprig
• yellow squash, cut into strips
• red bell pepper, cut into strips
• chives

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 line square baking pan with aluminum foil, set aside.
• 3 slice off stem and root ends of onions.
• 4 cut 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 inch cone shaped indentation in the top of each onion with paring knife.
• 5 set onions in prepared pan on root ends.
• 6 stir herbs, sugar, salt and red pepper into melted butter.
• 7 add bred crumbs, mix until blended.
• 8 spoon equal amounts of crumb mixture into indentations.
• 9 bake about 1 hour or until fork tender.
• 10 garnish, as suggested, if desired.
• 11 serve immediately.