Baked Acorn Squash
How To Bake Acorn Squash

Acorn squash is a winter squash that looks a bit like an acorn. The most common variety is dark green with a deep ridged outer skin and a deep yellow to orange flesh and is often about 6 inches long.

Baking acorn squash is the easiest and most popular way of cooking it. Acorn squash are wonderfully easy side dish that is great anytime of the year.

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Baked Acorn Squash

1 acorn squash, halved
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons honey, pure maple syrup, or Hickory Syrup
2 tablespoons firmly-packed brown sugar
Salt and coarsely ground black pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Cut squash in half lengthwise (from stem to end). Use a spoon to scoop out the seeds and stringy stuff in the center of each squash half. Score the insides of each half several times with a sharp knife.

Add 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 teaspoon of honey, honey (maple syrup or hickory syrup), 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, salt and pepper to the hollow scoop of each squash half.

Place each half in a large baking pan, cut side up. Add about approximately 1/4-inch of water to the bottom of the baking pan so that the skins don't burn and the squash doesn't get dried out. Bake approximately 1 hour or until tender when flesh is poked with a fork. Remove from oven and let cool a little before serving. Spoon any buttery sugar sauce that has not already been absorbed by the squash over the exposed areas.

Makes 2 Servings.
 

Variations ideas to add to the above recipe:

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons raisins (or other dried fruits)
• 2 tablespoons chopped nuts (of your choice)
• Herbs of your choice