Roasted Acorn Squash Recipe
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Roasted acorn squash is a delicious vegetarian side dish that is brushed and baked with brown sugar butter and finished with fresh chopped sage. The addition of the sugar really helps to bring out the flavors in the squash.
Try serving up this roasted acorn squash alongside my beef tenderloin recipe or my standing ribeye roast. Don’t forget to watch the video tutorial to get the perfect step-by-step procedures for making this tasty roasted acorn squash recipe.
Acorn Squash is a tasty winter squash that has a green outside peel and orange flesh. The flavors are like a cross between butternut squash and a pumpkin. They can be roasted, smoked, or grilled whole, or can be peeled, large diced, and cooked to your likeness.
Like all hard squashes, acorn squash goes very well with any sort of sweetener like honey and fat, like butter. It’s an easy to prepare vegetable and is often served up at holiday meals.
If you’re a fan of squash recipes like I am, then you have to try my Hasselback Butternut Squash with Maple-Sage Glaze, it’s a sweet and savory side you won’t want to miss!
Roasted Acorn Squash Recipe Video
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Ingredients You’ll Need
- Acorn Squash – This is a winter squash but can be found all year long.
- Butter – Always use unsalted butter.
- Brown Sugar – Packed light brown sugar is what you will use.
- Sage – Fresh chopped sage is best.
How to Make Roasted Acorn Squash
- Add the butter, brown sugar, salt, and pepper to a small sauce pot and cook over low heat until melted.
- Place the sliced and seeded acorn squash wedges to a cookie sheet tray lined with parchment paper and brush the tops of them with the brown sugar-butter and bake at 375° for 40-45 minutes or until tender and lightly browned.
- Garnish with more butter and chopped fresh sage.
Make-Ahead
Make-Ahead: These are meant to be eaten as soon as they are done. You can keep them in a pot covered in the oven at 225° for up to 1 hour before serving.
How to Store: Cover and keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. These do not freeze that well.
How to Reheat: Add to a saucepan with ½ cup of water and cover with a lid or foil and bake in the oven at 350° for 10-15 minutes or until hot.
chef notes + tips
- Once the acorn squash is done roasting you can add a few more things like chopped cooked bacon and shredded mozzarella cheese to enhance the flavors.
- You can use dried sage in this recipe if that is all you have.
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Roasted Acorn Squash Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 3 seeded and quartered acorn squashes
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh sage
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°.
- Add the butter, brown sugar, salt, and pepper to a small sauce pot and cook over low heat until melted and mixed together.
- Place the sliced and seeded acorn squash wedges skin side down onto a cookie sheet tray lined with parchment paper and evenly brush the tops of them with the brown sugar-butter.
- Bake at 375° for 40-45 minutes or until tender and lightly browned.
- Garnish with any leftover brown sugar-butter and chopped fresh sage.
I have always made this steamed in over or microwave with the same ingredients-I now have a new way to make it-thanks you Billy!
I made this recipe for my son-in-law, He loved it. I used the same recipe for my chicken. Both came out delicious.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is delicious! Had guests over and they loved it‼️. My neighbor has a garden and gave me a few. I added onions and mushrooms (I had to use or they would go bad) to a couple halves! Busy moms…this one is definitely in your time frame!
Loved this recipe. I did tweak it with maple butter and pumpkin pie spice instead of brown sugar butter and sage.
Love roasted acorn squash- I cut inhalf, scoop out the glunk, put dollop of butter and spoon of brown sugar in each half, bake in oven. 45 min or so, 350°. So good!
Thanks for making it.
I remember when I was still pretty young, one Christmas, My 2 Older sisters were married and myself and my younger sister were still at home. It was really nice having everyone home for Christmas!! Well, my dad cried while opening his presents. I’ll never forget this. It makes me tear to this day. He was so happy we were all together!! I was so happy we were all together!! I think Everyone was really happy we were all Together!! It was a Great Christmas!! Thank You Jesus for a Really Great Memory!! 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Thanks for sharing that story!
This recipe looks superb! My most fondest Christmas memory was the year we got snowed in and my girls were 4 & 5. We lost power at one point, so we picnicked in the living room around the fire eating cheese and crackers until it came back on! Definitely a day I’ll never forget!
My best Christmas memory is being at Grandma’s house for her dinner which she always took great pride in. My twin brothers were at home, one on leave from the Army and the other home from collage and they were late getting to Grandma’s house. Everyone else was there and the dinner was done. So my Dad said, ” Well Mom, go ahead and call my house and see if they’re there!” So we all listened to Grandma as she rang up and started right in, “Why aren’t you here? The potatoes are mashed, the gravy is done, the turkey is going to be dry! And I made your favorite pie!” There was a long pause and Grandma quietly hung up the phone. ” Well, what did they say?” we asked. With an embarrassed look, Grandma said, “Wrong number, but he asked if he could come anyway.”