Baked Sweet Onions

4 large sweet onions (Vidalia, Walla Walla, or Maui), peeled
Coarse salt and coarsely ground pepper to taste
4 teaspoons butter

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Place onions into a baking dish with approximately 1 inch of water. Bake, uncovered, 2 hours or until onions are soft when you squeeze them.

Remove from oven and place onto a cutting board; pull back brown skins and cut them off at the roots. Transfer onto a serving platter and season each with salt, pepper and 1 teaspoon butter.

Makes 4 servings.