Large.jpg' alt='Acorn Squash' title='Acorn Squash' />Acorn squash recipes from Martha Stewart, including soups, salads, pastas, roasted squash, pies, and much more. GL1B13_Acorn-Squash.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.406.305.suffix/1382999393330.jpeg' alt='Acorn Squash' title='Acorn Squash' />A stepbystep recipe and guide to help you cook perfect acorn squash every time. Green on the outside and bright orange and creamy on the inside, acorn squash is one of our favorite coldweather foods. Need acorn squash recipes Get delicious acorn squash recipes including baked acorn squash, stuffed acorn squash and more acorn squash recipes. Delicious Baked Acorn Squash Serves 6 Ingredients 2 whole Acorn Squash Kosher Salt To Taste 2 Tablespoons Butter 2 Tablespoons to 3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar Pure. Baked Acorn Squash The Pioneer Woman. Andthe holiday dishes continue here on P Dub Cooks. I wanted to begin cooking Thanksgiving food early this year so youd have plenty of time to read, examine, and even practice dishes beforehand, if youre into that sort of thing. Butter and brown sugar are all you need to turn acorn squash into a baked treat your whole family will love. Steps 6http hIDSERP,5096. Photos 48Total Time 1 hr 5 minshttp hIDSERP,5119. Baked Acorn Squash Recipe with Butter and Brown Sugar. Easy baked acorn squash recipe, perfect for the fall. Squash is cut in half, insides scooped out, then baked with a little butter, brown sugar, and maple syrup. Steps 11Total Time 1 hr 25 minshttp hIDSERP,5132. Acorn Squash Recipes Food Network Food NetworkDiscover new ways to cook hearty and nutritious acorn squash with recipes by your favorite chefs from Food Network. Acorn squash Cucurbita pepo var. Des Moines squash, is a winter squash with distinctive longitudinal ridges on its exterior. So far this fall Ive added Homemade Pumpkin Puree, Fresh Corn with Wild Rice, Whiskey Glazed Carrots, Creamy Herbed Potatoes, and Pumpkin Cake with Whiskey Whipped Cream to the basic Thanksgiving menu we started last year, and I promise many more holiday friendly dishes in the coming weeks. Later this week, Ill have some special Halloween treats to share, but for now, lets keep going with the Thanksgiving theme. It just feels right. Todays offering is Baked Acorn Squash, something Ive made off and on for years, and something about which I fantasize during the years I dont make it. Im a real squash fanatic, whether its pumpkin, butternut, spaghetti, or acorn or zucchini or summer squash, for that matter so Im always looking for great ways to prepare it thats a little set apart from the fray. This is as easy as it comes you simply halve and hollow out acorn squash, then fill the hollow center with butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, and saltthen you bake it. The results is a soft, flavorful squash thats dripping with all the good things in life. While some folks might prefer to scrape out the individual halves into a large casserole dish, I prefer to serve them straight out of the oven. If the squash are large, they might be a little to big for one person. But if your family is close like mine, they wont be afraid to share. This is one of those fun to make dishes, by the way. So lets have some fun together. K K. 1. 0 4, good buddy. The Cast of Characters Acorn Squash, salt kosher works best, butter, brown sugar, and maple syrup the real stuff not Aunt Jemima. This is simple stuff, folks. Really simple stuff. Meet Acorn Squash. Hes a really nice guy. Meet Pure Maple Syrup. I can get her at my small town grocery store. That means you can get her, too. Meet Butter. Butter is your friend. Dont listen to the naysayers. Okay, so the naysayers have medical degrees and theyve held studies. But still. Dont listen to em. Meet Brown Sugar. Hes trouble with a capital T. Begin by placing each squash on a large cutting board. To cut the squash in half lengthwise, very carefully pierce the middle with a sharp knife. The skin is quite tough, so move slowly so you dont slip and cause yourself a trip to the E. R.  Gently push the top of the knife until it penetrates the hard skin. After that, itll slide right in a lot more easily. Ever seen the inside of an acorn squashIf not, you can now mark that off your list of things to do before you croak. Next, with a spoon or scoop, just scrape out the seeds and stringy membranes. Healthy Foods To Buy. Its no different from what we did with the pumpkin a couple of weeks ago, or the butternut squash we fixed last year. Squash are similar that way. Repeat this until all the halves are hollowed out, man. Sometimes I just have to throw in a man. Makes me feel groovy, far out, and outta sight. Now, with the tip of a sharp knife, score the surface of the squash. Just five or six lines will do just fine. Then sprinkle the surface with salt. In situations like this, kosher is your friend. Its just easier to sprinkle, harder to oversaltand it feels good rubbing between your fingers. Im very tactile. Add a generous tablespoon of regular salted butter into the hollow. So basically, 1 12 tablespoons, except Im in denial about my butter use and prefer to say generous tablespoon. Someday I hope to write a book about the effectiveness of euphemistic language, and how a healthy sense of denial contributes to an overall increased happiness in life. It also contributes to an overall increased bottom size, but I wont put that in the book. Now, dump in a heaping couple of tablespoons of brown sugar. Theres no set amount here if you like things on the sweet side, add a little more. Now, just drizzle with maple syrup. Again, no set amount I just drizzle til it feels good. In cooking, its all about feeling good. Dont ever forget that. Next, pour a couple of cups of water into the pan, just to provide the squash with a little moist heat while theyre baking. In baking, its all about moist heat. Actually, its not all about moist heat. I just made that up. Now just cover the pan with foil, leaving some gaps to let some steam escape. Pop the pan into the oven and bake em for 3. Then remove the foil and bake for an additional 3. Turn on the broiler for the last five minutes to ensure the tops get brown and the buttersugar mixture bubbles violently for a minute or so. But youll have to stand there and babysit You dont want to char the tops. In the words of my brother, Mike Oh Lord. Would you take a look at THISLawsie. Mmmm. What you wind up with is a soft, delectable acorn squash filled with a buttery, sugary soup. It seriously doesnt get much better than this. Now, with a spoon, scoop up some of the liquid And drizzle it all over the surface of the squash. Oh Lord again.  So how do you eat this, you ask Well, there are two ways. One, you can scrape out the flesh and juice of each half and put the whole mixture into a casserole dish. Then, just warm it up in the oven when youre ready to serve. OR, you can do what I do and just serve the halves on a platter. I think they look better that way. And then You just use your spoon to scrape up the soft flesh inside And eat it by the spoonful, right along with the decadent liquid that coated it on its way out. And then, give thanks for squash. For butter. For brown sugar. And for all the other wonderful things of this earth that make life worth living. Amen. Love,Pioneer Woman. Delicious Baked Acorn Squash. August 1. 5, 2. 00. Prep Time 1. 5 Minutes. Difficulty Easy. Cook Time 7. Minutes. Servings 6 Servings. Acorn Squash Kosher Salt To Taste. Tablespoons Butter. Tablespoons to 3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar Pure Maple Syrup. Preheat oven to 4. Halve each squash, then scrape out the seeds and stringy membranes. Place the halves, flesh side up, on a baking sheet and sprinkle each half with salt. Next add a generous tablespoon of butter to the center of each squash followed by 2 to 3 heaping tablespoons of brown sugar. Next drizzle squash with maple syrup. Pour 2 cups water in the bottom of the baking pan. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 3. Remove foil and bake an additional 3. In the last 5 minutes of baking, turn on the broiler and allow tops to get a little more brown and the buttersugar mixture to bubble. Serve on a platter and share with Aunt Winifred.