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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Sweet Potatoes & Apples

Just got a 100% YES VOTE from all of my kids (and me too) that this will be the new sweet potato recipe for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year! I have been carrying around this recipe for awhile, meaning to make it over and over again and tonight was the night, I finally just did it. It was awesome and not smothered in melted marshmallows like most sweet potato recipes and they were fresh and NOT from a can. I can NOT stand canned yams/sweet potatoes they taste so awful. But since I've been introduced to FRESH sweet potatoes I actually like them. You don't even want to know the first time I went to buy a FRESH sweet potato I had to call my aunt on the phone (I didn't even know what they looked like, talk about a girl raised on can food, that would be me).

Sweet Potatoes & Apples

5 medium sweet potatoes
5 medium tart apples, peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup cold water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup mini marshmallows (we added just a bit, not covered though)

Place sweet potatoes in a Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. (If you do not have a Dutch Oven yet, like me (it's on my Christmas list this year! Just boil the potatoes in a sauce pan full of water on the stove top) Reduce heat; cover and cook for 20 minutes or just until tender. Drain sweet potatoes and cool slightly. Peel and cut into 1/4-in. slices. In a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish, layer half of the apples and sweet potatoes. Repeat layers.

In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, water and lemon juice until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in the butter, cinnamon and salt. Pour over sweet potatoes and apples. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake 10 minutes longer or until apples are tender. 

8 comments :

  1. You are so funny! I must admit, I'm partial to the savory sweet potatoes. We love them roasted with a little salt, cayenne, and rosemary....YUM.

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  2. Sounds yummy! If you don't have a dutch oven, do you just boil them in a sauce pan?

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  3. @ the country cook
    HEHEHE... I am starting to like sweet potatoes too (although not my favorite yet) I am working on it!

    @ Anonymous
    Yes just boil them in a sauce pan (that's what I did too) I do not own a dutch oven (not yet, it's on my Christmas list)

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  4. My family is the same way. Once we started making our sweet potatoes from scratch instead of the canned we've never looked back. Nothing beats fresh and homemade.

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  5. I really love this recipe! I never would have thought to use apples but it makes perfect sense, I'll definitely have to give this a try! Thanks for linking up at Family Food Fridays, hope to see ya next week. :)

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  6. this sounds delicious and may be the perfect way to get my kids to eat sweet potatoes

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  7. Tina, thanks for the link at My Meatless Mondays. This is one of my favorite combinations and I could eat both sweet potatoes and apples, day in and day out.

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  8. This looks really delicious. We eat a similar dish but without the apple, but I think they make a great addition. Will have to try this.

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