Best Baked Acorn Squash With Spicy Maple Syrup Recipes

ROASTED ACORN SQUASH WITH MAPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425º Fahrenheit.
• Prepare your acorn squash: carefully slice all the way down the middle of the acorn squash. Remove stem first if you have trouble. Once halved, slice a thin piece off the round bottom of each half. With a spoon, scoop out the seeds and membranes; discard or reserve to roast later. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pats.
• Place cut side up on a baking sheet and sprinkle with salt. Roast for 15 minutes then remove from oven and place a pat of butter and drizzle 1 tablespoon maple syrup in the cavity of each squash.
• Continue roasting another 25-35 minutes or until flesh is very soft and easily forced with a fork, basting every 10 minutes or so. To baste, pull out oven rack with baking sheet and, with a pastry brush, baste the top edge of the squash with the melted maple butter, then return to oven. When acorn squash is roasted, the flesh is soft, and the surface is browned with a few dark brown spots, remove from oven, let stand a few minutes, and serve.

MAPLE-ROASTED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚.
• Place the squash, cut-sides up, on a sheet pan. Place 1/2 tablespoon butter and 1/2 tablespoon maple syrup in the cavity of each squash. Brush the cut sides with olive oil and sprinkle the squash with 3 teaspoons kosher salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Roast for 40 to 60 minutes, depending on the size of the squash, until tender when pierced with a small knife.
• Place the squash on a serving platter. If the halves are too large for one serving, cut each piece in half through the stem. Drizzle lightly with extra maple syrup, sprinkle with sea salt and serve hot.

MAPLE-ROASTED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the squash, cut sides up, on a sheet pan. Place 1/2 tablespoon butter and 1/2 tablespoon maple syrup in the cavity of each squash. Brush the cut sides with olive oil and sprinkle the squash with 3 teaspoons kosher salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Roast for 40 to 60 minutes, depending on the size of the squash, until tender when pierced with a small knife.
• Place the squash on a serving platter. If the halves are too large for one serving, cut each piece in half through the stem. Drizzle lightly with extra maple syrup, sprinkle with sea salt, and serve hot.

MAPLE-ROASTED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Place the squash, cut sides up, on a sheet pan. Place ½ tablespoon butter and ½ tablespoon maple syrup in the cavity of each squash. Brush the cut sides with olive oil and sprinkle the squash with 3 teaspoons kosher salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Roast for 40 to 60 minutes, depending on the size of the squash, until tender when pierced with a small knife.
• Place the squash on a serving platter. If the halves are too large for one serving, cut each piece in half through the stem. Drizzle lightly with extra maple syrup, sprinkle with sea salt, and serve hot.
• Cooks' Note
• Acorn squash is hard to cut. To halve a whole squash, plunge the blade of a large chef's knife into the side of the squash as far as it will go. Holding the handle of the knife, bang the squash (with the knife in it) on the board until the blade cuts all the way through.

MAPLE-GLAZED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Scoop out and discard seeds from squash. Place cut side down in a 13x9-in. baking dish; add water. Bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes. , If necessary, drain water from pan; turn squash cut side up. Combine syrup, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger and salt; pour into squash halves. Bake, uncovered, 10 minutes or until glaze is heated through. ,

MAPLE-BAKED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Cut each squash crosswise in half.
• Scoop out seeds and strings.
• Place squash halves (cavity side up) in large baking pan.
• Put 1/4 of remaining ingredients into each cavity.
• Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven for 35-40 minutes till squash is tender.