Butternut Squash and Apple Bake

[fitfool]

I'm always looking for more ways to add vegetables to our diet. Here's an easy dish to cook up several helpings of veggies at once.

Butternut Squash and Apple Bake

Ingredients

1 medium Butternut squash
1 tbsp Butter
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tbsp brown sugar

2 medium apples, peeled and cored
1/4 tsp cinnamon (I used 1/2 tsp)
2 tbsp brown sugar

Topping:
1 cup corn flakes, slightly crushed
1/4 cup pecans, chopped
1 tbsp butter, melted
1 tbsp brown sugar

1. Preheat oven to 375F.
   
2. Roast butternut squash. (The original called for steaming the squash but I prefer the taste when roasted.) Cut squash in half lengthwise. Remove seeds (and set aside seeds aside to fry up for a snack if desired). Cover roasting pan in foil. Rub vegetable oil over the cut surfaces of the squash and place cut-side-down in the roasting pan. Roast for about an hour until the squash is soft.
   
3. Use a spoon to scoop squash flesh into a mixing bowl. Discard skin.
   
4. Add 1 tablespoon butter, salt, pepper, and brown sugar. Mash it all up. Set aside.
   
   
5. Peel and core the apples.
   
6. Thinly slice the apples.
   
   
7. Butter a 9-inch round pie pan.
   
8. Arrange the apple slices in buttered pan.
   
9. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. Spread butternut squash mixture over apples.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
11. In a small bowl combine topping ingredients. Sprinkle topping over squash.
    
12. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until apples are tender.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Original Recipe from Mom's Updated Recipe Box by Donna Weihofen
    http://www.wisconsinmade.com/wiscmade/recipes/recipe-applesquash.asp (link now dead)
    
    Thread in vegrecipes: http://community.livejournal.com/vegrecipes/1699092.html
    
    

Comments

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

I'm embarrassed to have to ask, but...any tips for the "cut squash in half" part? I blunted a good blade on a squash a while back and I've been afraid to try it ever since.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

Was this on a butternut squash? I found pumpkins and acorn squash to be harder to cut but butternut was manageable. Here's a good guide with photos: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_peel_and_cut_a_butternut_squash/

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

I think it was butternut, but it was a few years back, so maybe not. Thank you for the link, in any case!

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Oo, ta.

I've found butternut can be fairly formidable, but if you've got a very sharp knife (or a combination of a sharpish serrated knife and a sharp knife; the serrated knife is good for cutting the tougher bits) it's doable.

Acorn squash are definitely tougher.

[macula-densa.livejournal.com]

I sometimes just puncture them and then microwave for a few minutes first; it makes them much easier to cut.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

neat idea...do you microwave them on high?

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

I have butternut and apples! Did you eat this as a dessert or more of a side dish?

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

I think we had it as a main entree one night and a side dish another night. I remember the apples layer had tasted sweet so I guess you could use it as a dessert too.

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

I am so making this for supper tonight! TY!

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

Cool. Hope you liked it :)

[wingalinged.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for sharing! I'm going to try this for Thanksgiving tonight. :)

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

I'm always happy to hear someone tried out something I posted. Hope you liked it.

[wingalinged.livejournal.com]

It was absolutely fantastic. My non-vegetarian parents and brother liked it too. :)