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Oct52012

Apple Streusel Stuffed Acorn Squash

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You know there are a few advantages about living out in the middle of nowhere cow country…

  1. Fresh produce from local farms.
  2. Local butcher shop.
  3. Um… yep, that about sums it up…

Yeah… not a fan of having to drive an hour to be near a store.  Any who, our local market had a ton of fresh winter squash for dirt cheap.  That being said, I bought a spaghetti squash (love love love this in a mornay sauce!), an acorn squash and a butternut one.  Now I’ll admit, I’m fairly new to making acorn squashes (like virgin new).  I just never ate stuff like that as it looked ‘funky’ and instantly the 7-year-old-girl-squinched-up-face-occured. Well since I love zucchini and spaghetti sauce I figured it was time for me to bite the bullet and give it a shot.

After talking with Mama Fantabulous about how exactly to make one – cut in half and roast or poke holes/microwave it seemed pretty simple.  I googled various ways these are eaten – stuffed or just simple butter cinnamon. Well you all know me by now.. I can’t do simple.  I do something like this…

Yes.. that there be apples and cinnamon oat streusel.

I’ll give you a moment to stare and drool…

1 Mississippi… 2 Mississippi… 3 Mississippi… 4… okay I’m tired of waiting.  Now wipe your chin 😉

I had some apples on hand (again, good thing #1 about living in no man’s land) and wanted to incorporate that into the dish.  Well I wanted some hint of pseudo crunch. What goes better with apples than oat streusel?!  Nuffin!  Well okay, maybe bacon and cheddar cheese but bacon trumps all.  Right?!

After roasting them semi-nekkid for about 20-25 minutes (just had some cinnamon on it), I stuffed them puppies til they were a good 2″ high of apple streusel.  Then baked until the apples were fork tender.

People!  Let me tell you just how incredible this made my kitchen smell!  I mean INCREDIBLE1  If I could bottle that and sell it, I would be a bajillionaire!  I mean I could make Oprah look like a vagabond!

THIS gorgeous thing transformed into this…

Man I wish I had Smell-a-blog for you all!  But until then, here… go make this for yourself!

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Apple Streusel Stuffed Acorn Squash

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoon light brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 stick very cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 2 tablespoon butter, room temp
  • 1 Gala apple, peeled and chopped into small pieces

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Cut the acorn squash in half. You’re gonna have to use your muscles here.
  3. Using a spoon, de-seed and remove the fibers from the squash.
  4. Lightly oil the inside of the squash and add 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon to each half flesh.
  5. Turn the squash, flesh side down onto a baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes or until just tender.
  6. While it’s baking, make the streusel: Add the 1/2 cup brown sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon, salt, and 3/4 stick butter in a bowl.
  7. Using a pastry cutter, cut it until it forms a crumble.
  8. Add the apple pieces into the streusel.
  9. Remove the squash from the oven and flip them over gently.
  10. Add 1 tablespoon of butter and 1 tablespoon brown sugar to each squash.
  11. Divide the apple streusel in half and add to each squash. Mound it up high; gently press down.
  12. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the flesh is fork tender and the streusel is barely crisp on the top and the apples are soft.

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  1. Ellen G says

    October 25, 2013 at 8:58 am

    This recipe was great!! It turned out perfectly and my family and I really enjoyed it. Even my very picky daughter didn’t complain too much about the first bite and ate the rest of her portion somewhat willingly! Definitely one I will do again.

    I cooked the squash at 450 for the first portion of the recipe. I left the oven on that same temp after I put the streusel in, but I turned it back to 350 half way through the last portion of cooking.

    ★★★★★

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    • TKWAdmin says

      October 25, 2013 at 3:52 pm

      Hi Ellen,

      That’s awesome to hear! Having this be my first exploration into acorn squash I was thrilled with the results! I’m like your daughter… VERY picky so for her to eat it that’s priceless! Yeah Ellen, pointed out I missed adding the temperature to cook it at. I’ve since updated the recipe.

      Best Kitchen Wishes!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
  2. Mary says

    October 24, 2013 at 10:04 pm

    What temperature??? I’m not seeing it on here

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    • TKWAdmin says

      October 25, 2013 at 3:48 pm

      Oops! Wow, I’m so sorry Mary for missing such an important step in the instructions! Thank you for catching it! I’ve updated the recipe. 350F.

      Best Kitchen Wishes!

      ★★★★★

      Reply

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