When you think of fall foods, what comes to mind? Apple pie, pork, cider, pumpkin desserts? What about squash? Squash is a very popular autumn food, bringing savory tastes into your home while the weather outside turns cold and snowy.
This recipe for acorn squash uses the crock pot to give you an easy dish to serve to your family. You'll only need a handful of ingredients. Unlike many recipes out there, you more than likely have these ingredients on hand already! That means all you'll need to buy is the squash.
This recipe gets its flavor from cinnamon and nutmeg. Of course, the acorn squash itself also has great flavor. It's one of the few healthy foods kids will eat without too much complaining. If you've grown tired of fighting with your kids over eating their veggies, this is a recipe you'll want to try.
Once everything has been placed in the slow cooker, this recipe will need to cook for four hours on high. Many slow cooker recipes need twice that time to cook, making this one of the fastest crock pot recipes out there. If the squash isn't quite tender enough after four hours, give it a little more time in the slow cooker and it will turn out just right.
Spiced Acorn Squash
Ingredients:
2 small or 1 large acorn squash, halved and seeded
¾ Cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
4 tablespoons butter, melted
½ cup water
Directions:
1. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg and spoon into squash halves.
2. Top each with 1 tablespoon of melted butter.
3. Wrap each half individually in foil, seal tightly.
4. Pour water into slow cooker.
5. Place squash, cut side up, in slow cooker (packets may be stacked).
6. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or until squash is tender.
7. Open foil packets carefully to allow steam to escape.
8. Scrape squash and mix with brown sugar, serve in shell.