Squash With Apples & Cranberries
"Butternut or acorn squash are great for this recipe. I searched Zaar for a similar recipe but could not find one so decided to post this one. This is a tasty and attractive way to serve squash. Especially lovely on your holiday table. If you wish peel the squash and cut it into bite size pieces, place all the ingredients into a casserole dish, mix well, cover casserole & bake at 375 for apprx 1 hour"
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 acorn squash, cut in half and seeded
- 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
- 1 1⁄4 cups of fresh apples, peeled, cored, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar or 2 tablespoons brown sugar substitute
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
directions
- Cut a small slice from the bottom of each cleaned Squash half (this allows the squash to sit level) and place, cavity side up, in an oven proof baking dish.
- Mix together the butter, cinnamon & nutmeg and sugar.
- Place 1 tbsp of the mixture in the cavity of each squash half.
- Distibute the cranberries between the 4 halves on top of the butter.
- Add the apples on top of the cranberries.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Cover the squash with foil and bake for apprx 1 hour, remove foil and check that they are tender
- Bake uncovered for 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and gently mix the cranberries & apples so you see both the apple & the cranberries - serve.
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Reviews
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This was the star of Sunday dinner, delicious! I made it into a casserole and used a butternut squash, cut back on the sugar to 1 table spoon of Splenda brown mix and followed the recipe for the rest of it. turned out sooo delicious!! Thanks for posting Bergy! -
This is one of our favorite side dishes - easy, colorful and always well received. <br/>Glad to see it in print so others can enjoy
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Bergy, I LOVE YOUR RECIPES!!! I made this a few weeks ago minus the spices and only used 1 TBS brown sugar and 1 TBS butter for 1/2 sweet dumpling squash, and one large apple. I also added some rotisserie chicken. I cooked the squash that was cut in half & seeded in a pan with 1/2 inch water, with the cut side down, for about 45 minutes. Then I cooled it enough to handle and peeled it, cut it into chunks and mixed it with the apples in a casserole and baked 10 minutes covered, then added 1 cup rotisserie chicken and covered and baked 15 minutes, then I put the dried cranberries on just as I was bringing it to the table. My mom and I LOVED it, and so did my 15 yo Son! I took it to potluck last night, again with out spices, used 1 sweet dumpling, 2 apples, 1 TBS butter and brown sugar. Everyone loved it! Thanks for the idea!
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I made these mainly for my hubby as I don't much care for cooked apples. He raved and I was pleasantly suprised by how much I enjoyed this. I had one huge acorn squash and simply cut it in half and divided the filling. I confess to cooking it in the microwave too. It still came out good! It took 18 minutes covered with plastic wrap. This is a definite repeat recipe although I plan to claim more of the cranberries next time. Thanks Bergy for another winner! =)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help.
My roots are in Vancouver BC Canada - a very beautiful city that holds many wonderful memories for me. In 1990, I decided that for my retirement years I may want to settle in a smaller community and found a slice of heaven in the North Okanagan B.C. I love living here but every once in a while I miss the bright city lights, the Broadway shows and some of the small wonderful ethnic restaurants that Vancouver abounds in. That is easily resolved. I just take a trip to the coast, visit with friends for a weekend see a show and feast on Dim Sum or other specialty foods.
I am getting a bit long in the tooth but was a very adventurous person. I have river rafted Hell's Gate on the Fraser river, been up in a glider over Hawaii (no not a Hang Glider!), gone hot air ballooning in the Napa Valley & the Fraser Valley, driven dune buggies on the dunes in Oregon, Para sailing in Mexico and tried many other adventurous, challenging, fun things. I have yet to try bungee jumping or sky diving. I may do them yet. I love to travel and experience other cultures. Mexco has been a favorite haunt. I have visited that lovely country many many times. Australia is another favorite as is England!
In the past 16 months I have taken off 61 pounds and feel wonderful. I am off all medications and all systems are GO! In years I may be 79 but in spirit I am still in my forties. We are only as old as we allow ourselves to feel. Always think positive. Do something a bit challenging every day & always do something silly every day. Be a kid again! Laugh every day - it is internal jogging.
Here are a few of my photos
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