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.
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.
Baked Acorn Squash with Brown Sugar and Butter
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
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- 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. Serve 1 half per person.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Paula Deen
Points Plus: 5
Smart Points: 5
Nutrition info based off of myfitnesspal.com
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 225
- Fat: 6
- Carbohydrates: 45
- Fiber: 10
- Protein: 2
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
Once my family and I tried this, it has been my go to recipe time and time again!! Delicious every time!! Yum!
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!
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