Acorn Squash With Cracker Stuffing
"Dad used to make this for us at Thanksgiving. The penultimate holiday treat - I could eat this all the time."
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 4 acorn squash (halved)
- 1 cup melted butter
- 14 ounces crumbled Ritz crackers
- 1 cup chopped blanched almond, toasted until golden
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt (or so)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Remove the seeds from the centre of the squash halves.
- Brush the interior with some of the melted butter and sprinkle very lightly with salt.
- Put the cracker crumbs, almonds, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar and add enough melted butter to bind.
- Stuff squash cavities with this mixture, mounding slightly.
- Place in a large baking pan and pour in enough hot water to come about 1" up sides of squash.
- Bake for about 75 minutes (may need a little longer, depending on the size of your squash). Squash should be tender when pierced.
- Place 1 half per person.
- Eat with a spoon to scoop out yummy flesh and stuffing.
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Reviews
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Evelyn the stuffing is heaven and I can think of a dozen other ways to use it. It is crunchy and the flavor is excellent. I used Sweet & Low Brown sugar substitute - no problem. I too found that it needed 1.5 hours baking but then it all depends on the size of the squash. I cut the recipe back to make 1 squash (2 halves) no problem. You do not say what size of box of Ritz-I did double the crackers to the almonds Thanks Evelyn - loved this recipe -
This was an easy, yet festive dish to serve on Thanksgiving. The flavors were light and sweet. A good way to serve squash for those that don't like it. I had to bake it a about 1.5 hours it was only about halfway cooked at the 1 hour point. Thank you evelyn/athens for the good recipe.
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
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