Baked Papaya - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 papayas, firm but ripe (the sweeter Hawaiian variety is probably best here)
1 vanilla bean, cut into 6 pieces
6 teaspoons butter
12 teaspoons brown sugar

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 deg F.
Peel the papayas, split them in half lengthwise and remove the seeds.
Arrange the prepared papayas, cut side up, in a large baking dish filled with approximately 1/2 inch of water.
Place one piece of vanilla bean, 1 tsp butter and 2 teaspoons brown sugar in the center of each papaya half.
Bake for 45 minutes, or until tender.