Baked Acorn Squash With Spicy Maple Syrup

Name: Baked Acorn Squash With Spicy Maple Syrup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 acorn squash, cut into thirds; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 6 tablespoons pure maple syrup; 1 pinch cinnamon; 1 pinch nutmeg, freshly grated

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Submitted by Candie Yoder

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 5
Serves:: 6

ingredients

2 acorn squash, cut into thirds
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1 pinch cinnamon
1 pinch nutmeg, freshly grated

directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Split the squash into thirds and remove the seeds.
Cut a slice off the bottom of each piece so that it sits evenly, skin-side down, in a 9 x 13-inch glass baking dish.
In the hollow of each piece, place 1 teaspoon unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon maple syrup, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste. Bake in the heated oven until fork tender, about 45 minutes.

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Reviews

I halved this recipe and it worded very well. I poked holes in the cavity so the maple/butter flavor could sink in. Very tasty and simple. I liked that I did not have to fuss over it.

riffraff
Delicious! Mine took an hour to cook...but this reminded me so much of the recipe my Mom use to make...not sure if she used the syrup or brown sugar...thanks for the memory...=) made for "What's on the Menu" tag game...

teresas
This is very tasty. I cut my squash in half, and baked it for an hour at 400F and it came out perfectly. I also brushed some of the syrup/butter mix from the hollows over the sides of the squash near the end - gave it a nice browned appearance.

CassiaDawn
YUM! This recipe is phenomenal! Even my DH, who said he doesn't like squash, was gobbling it up and suggesting we make it for Thanksgiving. This recipe is definitely a keeper. I made it like the directions said, only I halved the squash, scraped it out of the shells when baked, and mashed them all together to mix the flavors evenly. Mmmm.

Naomi Up North
Awesomely easy and delicious! And there's nothing like pure maple syrup. I also used freshly grated nutmeg. Yum!

HisPixie

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Tweaks

This was so good! I did find the squash needed a tiny bit more maple syrup, so drizzled some on top. It was fantastic!

Probably This
This was my first time cooking acorn squash, and I wanted simplicity. This recipe fulfilled that criteria! I used one squash, cut in half. We enjoyed it so much, I'm having it again with Sunday dinner just one week later. Thanks for a terrific, easy way to use squash instead of potatoes!

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