10/21/2025
APPLE STUFFED ACORN
SQUASH
Ingredients
Acorn squash
* 2 acorn squash medium
* 2 tablespoons ghee
* 2 tablespoons raw honey
* 1 tablespoon cinnamon
Caramelized apples
* 4 apples 2 green, 2 red
* ½ teaspoon cinnamon
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 1 tablespoons ghee
* 3 tablespoons. raw honey
* fresh thyme
Instructions
Roast acorn squash
1. Preheat oven to 400 F.
2. Prepare the acorn squash. Cut off the top and the bottom of each acorn squash to create a flat base. Keep fingers away from the knife to avoid injury. And, make sure not to cut too deep into the base of the squash.�Slice each squash in half. Use a spoon to scoop out the seeds and fleshy strands tangled with the seeds.
3. Combine melted ghee and cinnamon in a small bowl.
4. Coat the insides of the squash halves with the ghee mixture.
5. Place acorn squash cut sides down on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
6. Roast in the preheated oven at 400 F for 30 minutes.
Make caramelized apples
1. While the squash is being roasted, prepare the apples. used 4 apples (2 red and 2 green for presentation purposes. Core the apples and slice each one length-wise.
2. Place sliced apples into a large bowl, add, cinnamon, and lemon juice, and mix. Let apples sit for about 15 minutes to release juices.
3. In a large pan, heat 2 tablespoons of ghee on high heat.�Add sliced apples (without juice at the bottom of the pan) and cook on high heat for about 3 or 5 minutes, checking periodically. After 3 or 5 minutes, flip the sliced apples to the other side and let them cook on medium-high heat for another 3 or 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
4. Depending on how hot your stove gets, it might take you less or more time to cook apples, the key is to brown them or even get a slightly "burned" effect. But don't overdo it, once the apples have this "roasted" appearance.
5. Right after you remove the pan with roasted sliced apples from the heat, immediately add raw honey - it will make apples sizzle and will caramelize them beautifully, off the heat.
