Baked Acorn Squash Recipe

You'll love this recipe for fall and winter. It's a very easy recipe which everyone will love. The Acorn Squash is baked with butter, brown sugar and maple syrup: it's sweet and buttery. You can follow the exact same steps with a butternut squash. Yummy!

Serves 2
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Baking time: 1 hour
Difficulty: *

Ingredients:
- 1 acorn squash
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- salt and fresh ground pepper

1. Preheat your oven at 400°F / 200°C.

2. Cut the squash into half, scoop out the seeds (you can toast them! See Recipe).

3. Melt the butter in your microwave, then add the sugar and the syrup to the butter. Add some salt and freshly ground pepper.

4. Stir well the butter mixture and brush it on the inside of the squash as well as on the cut edges.

5. Place the halves on a baking sheet, cut side up. Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour until the squash is tender when pierced with a knife or fork. Serve 1 half per person.

Enjoy!

How to make Toasted Pumkin seeds

When baking a pumpkin, make sure you keep the seeds to toast them. Toasted Pumpkin Seeds make a very healthy snack, full of fibers. It's preferable to use organic pumpkins or squash for this.
Try it, it's very easy!

Seeds of 1 pumpkin
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Baking time: 8 to 10 minutes
Difficulty: *

Ingredients:
- seeds of 1 pumpkin or squash
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- species: salt & pepper / paprika / dried herbs / chili powder...

1. Preheat your oven at 375°F / 280°C

2. Place the seeds in a bowl and toss with the olive oil and spices of your choice. It's good to always add a bit of salt if you don't go for the "salt & pepper only" seeds.

3. Spread the seeds evenly on a baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring once. Make sure the seeds brown very slightly but not too much because they would taste like burning.

Let the seeds cool and store them in an airtight container.