acorn squash with apples and walnuts

Name: Acorn Squash With Apples and Walnuts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 medium acorn squash; 1 medium sweet apple (not Granny Smith); 3/4 cup(s) walnuts; 1/4 cup(s) brown sugar; - ground cinnamon, to taste; 3 - 4 teaspoon(s) butter

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Dave T.

Cades Cove, TN

Updated on Oct 3, 2025

Really, an easy way to fix a fall side dish. Have it as a sweet side dish or serve it as a dessert. You could just as easily use butternut squash, pie pumpkins, or any squash you choose.

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Baked Acorn Squash With Apples and Walnuts on a plate.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

This acorn squash with apples and walnuts is the ultimate fall side dish. It's fancy enough that it could even be served on Thanksgiving. The mild, slightly nutty acorn squash is stuffed with chunks of sweet apples and crunchy walnuts that have been tossed with brown sugar and cinnamon. Once baked with pats of butter, the filling is amazing. When acorn squash is in season, this is a wonderful way to prepare it.

— The Test Kitchen

prep time 15 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Bake

yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 medium acorn squash
1 medium sweet apple (not Granny Smith)
3/4 cup walnuts
1/4 cup brown sugar
- ground cinnamon, to taste
3 - 4 teaspoons butter

How To Make acorn squash with apples and walnuts

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Wash, cut lengthwise, and de-seed acorn squash. I use a small ice cream scoop to do this.

Step 2

Place the following in a bowl as you prepare them. Peel, core, and coarsely chop the apple. Rough chop walnuts.
Step 3

Add brown sugar and cinnamon. If you are diabetic, you can use plain Splenda.
Step 4

Add butter. Mix well with your hands.
Step 5

Add the mixture to the hollowed-out cavity of both halves of the acorn squash.
Step 6

Place the halves back together. Wrap tightly in aluminum foil. Place in a shallow baking pan.
Step 7

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until squash gives to light pressure.
Step 8

Remove from foil. Using a spoon, core out the inside with the filling into a serving bowl. Add more brown sugar if needed.
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