How to Make Delicious Autumn Acorn Squash With Buttery Brown Sugar Recipe

Autumn Acorn Squash With Buttery Brown Sugar. 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. Easy baked acorn squash, with butter and brown sugar, perfect for fall and the holidays.

The caramelized butter and brown sugar give the acorn squash such an amazing flavor. Knowing how to bake acorn squash has been life changing! This provides us with a great side dish or dessert that the whole family loves. You can cook Autumn Acorn Squash With Buttery Brown Sugar using 4 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Autumn Acorn Squash With Buttery Brown Sugar

1. You need 1 of Acorn Squash.
2. You need 4 of Butter (sub unsalted for low sodium)😄.
3. You need 4 of Brown sugar (light/dark).
4. You need 1 of Salt and pepper.

Note: Since you will bake this on a flat surface, the brown sugar and butter do leak off the squash a little. In a small mixing bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter, syrup and salt and pepper, to taste. Rub the squash cavities and the cut sides of the squash with the butter mixture and place them on a baking sheet, cut side up. How to make Brown Sugar Acorn Squash.

Autumn Acorn Squash With Buttery Brown Sugar instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375. Cut the squash in half top to bottom (this can be hard to do) and remove the seeds and discard them (seeds can be roasted like pumpkin seeds). Place in glass Pyrex dish cut side up side by side. Add water to dish about and inch (don't need to use all the water). Split the butter and sugar evenly between the two halves. Salt and pepper to taste. Place in the oven for about an hour. Check every 30 minutes to see if it's done by using a fork, if it inserts easily it is..
2. You can easily make this for 2,4,6 etc... all you need to do is adjust your ingredients. Just make sure each pan you use has water..

Cut the acorn squash in half and scoop out the seeds. Mix brown sugar, melted butter, and a little kosher salt together in a small bowl. Using a pastry brush, generously spread the buttery mixture over the inside of the squash. You'll have some of the mixture left over. Cut the squash into two pieces, scoop out the seeds and place the squash into a baking dish.