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!