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Baked Acorn Squash with Brown Sugar and Butter

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Baked Acorn Squash with Brown Sugar and Butter is my favorite way to have squash. The squash gets baked in an oven until it’s fork tender, and a brown sugar maple butter gets smeared all over the squash.  Then you bake the squash in the oven for about an hour at 400 degrees. When you take the squash out of the oven, you’ll notice a glorious pool of butter, maple syrup, and brown sugar just waiting to be scooped up an eaten with your choice of kitchen utensil. Your house will smell amazing and you’ll have some of the best acorn squash you’ve ever tasted! This is how I’m used to making squash because my family always had it this way.

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I had this acorn squash sitting on my counter forever and I had this plan to make a Thai soup with curry paste and coconut milk. Once I find curry paste, I plan on making that soup though. Been seeing that recipe a lot on the Internet lately and it looks so good. I also have this plan of stuffingacorn squash with couscous, dried cranberries, nuts, and cilantro. That’s going to happen someday too.

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Baked Acorn Squash with Brown Sugar and Butter


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4.3 from 4 reviews

  • Author: Jenna
  • Yield: 4 1x
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Ingredients

  • 1 acorn squash, cut in 1/2
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • Salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Scoop the seeds and stringy pulp out of the squash cavities and discard. In a small mixing bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter, syrup and salt and pepper, to taste. Rub the squash cavities and cut sides of the squash with the butter mixture and place them on a baking sheet, cut side up. Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour until the squash is tender when pierced with a fork.
  3. When the squash is done baking cut it in half and then into quarters. The serving size is 1/4th of the squash. 

Notes

Recipe adapted from Paula Deen  

myWW Blue 5; Green 5;  Purple 5

Serving size: The picture shows the squash cut in half but it is actually meant for 4 servings. So cut each half into quarters. 

Points are calculated with the WW recipe builder app and not using the nutrition info. 

  • Category: Easy
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 225
  • Fat: 6
  • Carbohydrates: 45
  • Fiber: 10
  • Protein: 2

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  1. Ann says

    December 19, 2020 at 3:51 pm

    I’ve made this so many times and my whole family loves it.

    ★★★★★

  2. Karen says

    November 26, 2020 at 9:01 pm

    While I enjoyed it, I prefer sweet potatoes. I had never had acorn squash so I made both the sweet and savory versions. I LOVED the savory!

    ★★★

  3. Jenna says

    October 18, 2020 at 5:30 pm

    The picture shows the squash cut in half but it is actually meant for 4 servings. I had to double-check what I had in my recipe builder and it was 4 servings not 2.
    Need to update the photo and # of servings since I hadn’t touched this recipe since 2014.

  4. Cheryl says

    October 18, 2020 at 4:16 pm

    The point values given are half of what they should be, unless you meant one teaspoon each of the butter, sugar, and syrup?

  5. Tracy says

    October 17, 2020 at 1:58 pm

    Trying this tonight! Bought a squash at a local market! Sounds amazing!

  6. Vickie says

    August 27, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    I added a little nutmeg. Also used 1 T brown sugar and 1 T maple syrup to cut back on the sweetness!

  7. Linda says

    July 25, 2019 at 8:22 pm

    LOVE this recipe! It’s my husbands most favorite way to have squash! He requests it once a week!

    ★★★★★

  8. Janaan domeyer says

    November 12, 2018 at 7:48 pm

    The maple butter is fantastic. I had to hasten the cooking, so I put the squash in the microwave for 8 minutes. I then put it in a convection oven for 15 minutes. It came out wonderfully!

    ★★★★

  9. Wendy says

    December 28, 2016 at 2:22 pm

    Once my family and I tried this, it has been my go to recipe time and time again!! Delicious every time!! Yum!

  10. Ntando says

    December 13, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    I love your post, I love fall, I’m into it too and I also love fall food recipes, so I will be chncikeg your squash one. Come over for a piece of Cinnamon bread and coffe. Sunflowers are so right for fall, I will be having a total fall tablescape for TT at, BNOTP…you’re welcomed already. Lots of hugs. FABBY

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