Butternut Squash Apple Bake

4.36 from 31 votes

Butternut Squash Apple Bake

Butternut Squash Apple Bake is a the perfect side dish for your holiday table. It is sweet, warm and full of fall flavors.

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Total Time35

Course: Thanksgiving, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Butternut Squash Apple Bake

Servings:

Author: Julia Jolliff

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds peeled seeded, and small cubed butternut squash {about 2 cups, cubed evenly}
2 gala apples peeled, cored and diced {or a sweet apple of your choice}
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons brown sugar {or use honey}
2 tablespoon butter chopped into sections
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup pecans {or walnuts}
1/4 cup dried cranberries

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large bowl combine butternut squash, apples, cinnamon, vanilla and brown sugar. Mix well.
Add the salt and pepper and mix well.
In a baking dish that has a lid pour the butternut squash mixture and spread evenly.
Place chopped butter throughout the butternut squash mixture. Cover and bake for 15 minutes.
Add the raisins, cranberries and pecans and use tongs or a spoon to toss everything together, cover and place the dish back in the oven for 15 more minutes, until the butternut squash is tender and lightly browned.
Remove from oven and stir. Serve warm.

Notes

All ovens vary on cooking time so please check to see if the butternut squash is cooked through as you near the end of cooking time. If the squash isn't tender to your liking cook for a few more minutes.
You can use honey in place of the brown sugar.
You can substitute acorn squash in this recipe for the butternut squash if you want.
You can use Macintosh or any other baking apples instead of gala.

To make in the crockpot:

Add all of the ingredients into a crockpot and cook on high for approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours or low for about 3 hours {check occasionally for the squash to become tender}

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