Baked Acorn Squash with Brown Sugar and Butter

Baked Acorn Squash with Brown Sugar and Butter requires roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 309 calories, 3g of protein, and 12g of fat. For $1.52 per serving, this recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 2. A mixture of acorn squash, butter, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. Plenty of people made this recipe, and 7869 would say it hit the spot. It works well as a side dish. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and fodmap friendly diet. It is brought to you by Foodnetwork. With a spoonacular score of 79%, this dish is solid. Users who liked this recipe also liked Baked Acorn Squash with Butter and Brown Sugar, Brown Sugar and Pineapple Roasted Acorn Squash with Spiced Brown Butter, and Roasted Acorn Squash With Brown Sugar And Butter.

Servings: 2

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 60 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 acorn squash, cut in 1/2

Freshly ground black pepper

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons butter, softened

2 tablespoons maple syrup

Salt

Equipment:

oven

baking sheet

mixing bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Scoop the seeds and stringy pulp out of the squash cavities and discard. In a small mixing bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter, syrup and salt and pepper, to taste. Rub the squash cavities and cut sides of the squash with the butter mixture and place them 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 fork. Serve 1 half per person.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

2. Scoop the seeds and stringy pulp out of the squash cavities and discard. In a small mixing bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter, syrup and salt and pepper, to taste. Rub the squash cavities and cut sides of the squash with the butter mixture and place them on a baking sheet, cut side up.

3. Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour until the squash is tender when pierced with a fork.

4. Serve 1 half per person.


Nutrition Information:

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309k Calories
2g Protein
11g Total Fat
52g Carbs
13% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
309k
15%

Fat
11g
18%

  Saturated Fat
7g
45%

Carbohydrates
52g
17%

  Sugar
26g
30%

Cholesterol
30mg
10%

Sodium
308mg
13%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
2g
5%

Vitamin C
118mg
144%

Vitamin A
3473IU
69%

Manganese
0.91mg
46%

Potassium
969mg
28%

Vitamin B6
0.55mg
28%

Vitamin B1
0.36mg
24%

Magnesium
83mg
21%

Vitamin B2
0.34mg
20%

Fiber
4g
19%

Folate
71µg
18%

Vitamin B3
2mg
11%

Vitamin B5
1mg
11%

Calcium
111mg
11%

Iron
1mg
11%

Phosphorus
100mg
10%

Vitamin E
1mg
10%

Copper
0.16mg
8%

Vitamin K
4µg
4%

Zinc
0.62mg
4%

Selenium
1µg
2%

Vitamin D
0.21µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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