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This Air Fryer Acorn Squash recipe is coated in a brown sugar & butter glaze and is absolutely delicious! It makes the perfect Fall side dish idea and it cooks in 30 minutes. This easy squash is always a must have recipe at our family's Thanksgiving dinner table.
This is one of the recipes I can remember from my childhood. Of course there were not air fryers back then, but it tastes really similar to it being cooked in the oven. The best thing is that it bakes in half the time in the air fryer.
The glaze on the squash literally tastes like candy. In fact, I spent more time than I should have getting small spoonfuls out of the skillet and eating them as the squash finished cooking. You know what they say? A good cook always tastes when they are cooking.
Why You'll Love This Recipe:
- It's so easy to make in the air fryer.
- This recipe is perfect for Thanksgiving and you don't need to worry about oven space!
- The final product is sweet, buttery and amazing!
- It will go perfectly with all of those Thanksgiving side dishes.
Frequently Asked Questions?
Absolutely! I've made a video to follow along for an oven baked acorn squash you can check out. The recipe instructions are in the description of the video.
I personally don't, but it is totally fine to eat if you like the taste.
What to Serve with Acorn Squash?
My favorite way to eat Acorn Squash is on the Thanksgiving table. It tastes amazing with the turkey and all the fixings like these recipes:
Cranberry Sauce with Orange Juice
Cornbread Dressing with Sausage
It also goes great as a side dish in the Fall months. Try it with my Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies, which uses butternut squash and apples. Yum!
Ingredients:
Acorn Squash: Roasts to perfection in the air fryer and has a creamy texture with a subtle sweet flavor.
Olive Oil: Used to brush onto the acorn squash to help in the roasting process.
Butter, Brown Sugar, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Salt: Creates the brown sugar & butter glaze to add that candy like taste! It is incredible and brings in so many great flavors of Fall.
How to Make Air Fryer Acorn Squash:
Preheat the air fryer to 350 degrees.
Start by cutting the acorn squash in half lengthwise, so you cut through the stem. This is harder than it looks. Be careful and take your time.
Scoop out all the seeds and discard. Brush with olive oil. You don't need to use all of it.
Once the air fryer is preheated, cook face down for 25 minutes.
Once there is about 10 minutes left on the air fryer, melt the butter over medium low heat in a skillet or in a microwave.
Turn off the heat and add brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and stir.
Once the squash is finished, cut a checkerboard like pattern in it, being careful not to slice through the skin.
Fill the squash halves with the brown sugar and butter mixture (just divide it as equally as you can)
Lay each halved squash on a piece of the foil and carefully wrap up the squash, keeping the top open. Think of the squash as a bowl and the foil is helping to protect it from dumping out any of the brown sugar mixture. What a tragedy that would be!
Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees and cook for another 5 minutes.
Allow to cool and enjoy!
Air Fryer Acorn Squash
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
This Air Fryer Acorn Squash recipe is coated in a brown sugar & butter glaze and is absolutely delicious! It makes the perfect Fall side dish idea and it cooks in 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 acorn squash
- 3 tablespoons salted butter
- ½ cup of brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 sheets of aluminum foil
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 350 degrees.
- Start by cutting the acorn squash in half lengthwise, so you cut through the stem. This is harder than it looks. Be careful and take your time.
- Scoop out all the seeds and discard. Brush with olive oil. You don't need to use all of it.
- Once the air fryer is preheated, cook face down for 25 minutes.
- When there is about 10 minutes left on the air fryer, melt the butter over medium low heat in a skillet or in a microwave.
- Turn off the heat and add brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and stir.
- Once the squash is finished, cut a checkerboard like pattern in it, being careful not to slice through the skin.
- Fill the squash halves with the brown sugar and butter mixture (just divide it as equally as you can)
- Lay each halved squash on a piece of the foil and carefully wrap up the squash, keeping the top open. Think of the squash as a bowl and the foil is helping to protect it from dumping out any of the brown sugar mixture.
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Allow to cool and enjoy!
Notes
Serve at Thanksgiving and as a Fall side dish!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: side dishes
- Method: air fryer
- Cuisine: thanksgiving
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Storage and Reheating:
Store the leftover squash in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days. It tastes great reheated. Warm up in the microwave for a minute or in the oven at 350 for 10 to 15 minutes.
Holly
So delicious..tastes like dessert
★★★★★