Name: Roasted Acorn Squash
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2 acorn or dumpling squash, about 1 pound each; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; Extra-virgin olive oil, optional; 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 3 tablespoons amaretto; 8 fresh sage leaves; 1/2 pound crushed pignoli cookies, almond biscotti, or vanilla wafers

Roasted Acorn Squash

acorn

salt and black pepper

Extra-virgin olive oil, optional

(1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened

brown sugar

amaretto

sage leaves

Split the squash in half through the equator and scrape out the seeds with a spoon. Set the squash halves, cut sides up, on a baking sheet and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, if desired. If squash are very large, cut lengthwise into quarters.

In a bowl, cream the butter with the sugar, and almond liqueur. With a brush or a spoon coat the cut sides of each squash half with the butter mixture and put 2 sage leaves on top of each. Sprinkle with the crushed cookies. Bake until tender, 30 to 35 minutes, basting every 15 minutes with any remaining butter.

The photograph is not the recipe per the instructions. 

Delicious! I substituted the butter for 1/4 cup of  I Can't believe Its Not Butter Spray. I used DiSarono Ameretto and Italian amaretto cookies. The acorn squash and sage was farmer's market fresh and the Olive Oil was CA Apollo EVOO. YUMMMM. My hubby raved about this dish, we'll make them for Thankgiving.

I was a bit skeptical, because I'm not a fan of sweet squash recipes, but the sage intrigued me, so I tried it.  Absolutely delicious.  BF and I loved it. I used one 3/4 pound squash for two of us, and was perfect in one hour. I used the almond biscotti, and gave wonderful texture, but not overly sweet. Thanks, Tyler.

phenomenal!  The savory of the cracked pepper with the sage brings out the earthy flavor and the caramelized sugar enhances the natural sweetness of the acorn squash.  I scraped it clean to the rind! I will make this again and again!  Note: I cut mine into rings instead of halves or quarters.  It cuts the cooking time down to about 30 minutes, making it possible for me to cook it on a week night.  The butter just bastes right on. 

Cook the squash till tender, knife inserted and tender, don't rely on time stated each over is different as is size of squash! I was @ 40-45 minutes.  Also only used 2 T butter-watching calories.  Please don't be afraid to use this w/ Almond Extract in lieu of alcohol. Will make again and again, wonderful sweetness.

First off, this was my first time eating and cooking acorn squash, but my Husbands Mom used to make it all the time for him so I thought I would give it a try. He was skeptical because his Mom cooked them squash side down in water and then added the butter and sugar. He liked it though !!!! The cooking time on the recipe is wrong-have to cook for at least an hour and don't quarter just cut in half - otherwise you have nowhere for the butter and sugar to sit.

Although faster, microwaving destroys all the healthiness of veggies. Been all over the news for a couple of years now. Luv Tyler

mine came out perfectly, but each of my acorn squashes was 1 pound, just as it states in the directions.  there seems to be a lot of trouble in the comments here about it not being done in the time the recipe states, but it is clear from the ingredient list this is for squash that is 1-pound each.  he also suggests quartering if they are large(r), so i am sure this would make a difference if the correct size is not available.  i used salt, pepper, rosemary, &amp; cayenne, sprinkled on just one decent coating of room-temperature butter once at the beginning, &amp; they are delicious.  (:

I just watched this episode this afternoon, and it showed that he had taken them out of the oven after 30 minutes and put more butter on top and then put them back in the oven for about 25 to 30 minutes. That step was not stated in the recipe.

What a great way to eat acron squash.  I agree with the cooking time...I just halved my squash and ended up baking it for about 50 minutes.  I am about to bake this again and I am going to cut it in quarters.  The alchohal is very versatile...I have a bottle of Cointreau (orange flavored) on my counter that I used and it turned out quite well.  I went with the vanilla wafers and WOW, it was like dessert!  Thank you Tyler!

This squash was really good!  We modified the recipe a bit to fit what we had on hand: In place of the 3 tbsp amaretto, we used 2 tbsp bourbon, and 1 tbsp Maple Syrup. Also, instead of the cookies, we used crushed cinnamon pecan Special K.  The only problem we had was that of cooking time, which it seems like a lot of other people had too. We'll try halving them again for next time!

This is a good way to make acorn squash.  The cook time should be one hour, however.

I love this recipe but I start off in the nuker. And nuke the squash with the cut side down for 8 minutes. Then proceed to the oven. Squash never drys out.

I thought this was pretty good, my husband hated it.  Wouln't make again.  Very sweet.

This was a delicous recipe that I'll be making again and again.

I watched the show, and Tyler cut the squash halves in half again....so Quarter the squash.  This would solve the problem people are having regarding cooking time!

Maybe I didn't do it right, but this turned out NASTY.  I don't think squash was meant to be this sweet.  Recipe going into the shredder right now.

We have tried this recipe twice, and while the flavor of the topping is wonderful, the squash cooks for 1 hour plus, and still isn't done.  We've tried cutting the squash smaller, but it still comes out hard and not very tastey.

This was such a delicious recipe.  I made the whole Ultimate Pork menu and it was easy and everyone loved it.  I had some amaretti cookies and used those instead of the pignoli cookies.  I used three acorn squash and had plenty of the butter mixture leftover.  Perhaps my squash was small.  Would definitely recommend this recipe.

I am not a squash eater in any way shape or form, or I wasn't until I got this recipe. i didn't have any amaretto, and the ABC stores in my area are closed on Sundays (my luck), so I used Pitron Citronge, an orange liqueur. Came out incredible.

I love acorn squash and this was simply a wonderful way to make it. I just loved it!  Will make for company for sure!

Our family absolutely loved this dish.  Fabulous flavor and so easy to make.  There is never any leftovers with this dish, &amp; they ask for more.  wonderful use for squash.

This is an easy and fabulous side to any meal.  I did take the advice of one of the other reviewers and before I baked the squash, I microwaved for 5 min to speed up the cook time.  I served this at a dinner party and received rave reviews.  Also, instead of amaretto, I used frangelico and skipped the cookies - De-Lish!

This is a very good recipe. I agree with a former poster...it takes longer to cook that the 35 min.; less butter is sufficient; we used her suggested Amaretti cookies (crushed) at the basting time (available at Italian markets); I'm thinking you could also slice the squash into rings. Microwave the squash for 5 min. before putting into the oven (poke holes in the squash so it does not explode in the microwave).

Wow Tyler this dinner was the best.  My brother-in-law loves meat.  It had great flavor.  The kitchen smelled so good.  The family ate all of it in one night, no left overs.  Love the show!!!!  Watch it every day.

This is very decadent! My daughter who doesn't like squash ate it up. I used English toffee cookies crushed - yum. Served this with Food 911's Pork Chops with Apple Sauce and herb roasted potatoes. Perfect fall Sunday dinner.

This recipe is a treat. Our notes: We only needed 1/2 the butter (and we are butter fans!); it took considerably longer than 35 min. to cook. We used 6 crushed amaretti cookies for the topping and added those at the time of basting. This is a nice dish for company. Coeur d'Alene Jane

Yum!  This is such a great fall recipe.  I made this to go along with Tyler's pork chops--a fantastic entree--but I think I could easily gotten away with just the squash for dinner.  They're so filling!

Roasted Acorn Squash

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total: 35 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Tyler Florence

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