Baked Sweet Potato and Apple
This recipe is great for the holidays with all the flavours of fall packed into a simply stunning side dish.It looks beautiful and tastes incredible.If you are planning to use this for a family gathering, it holds up very well to being made the day before. This means you have less prep for the day of entertaining and it will re-heat in about 30 minutes, so can go in the oven while your turkey is resting
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes - small in diameter is better for this dish
- 3 large round tart cooking apples such as Northern Spy
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cup syrup - could be corn syrup or maple syrup
- 3/4 cup apple juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F
- Peel your sweet potatoes and slice them into rounds about 1/4 inch thick
- Peel your apples and cut them in half, remove the core and slice them into half rounds 1/2 an inch thick
- Arrange in rows in a greased 9 x 9 inch baking dish
- Melt the butter, syrup, apple juice and salt together
- Spoon the syrup mixture over the sweet potatoes and apples
- Remove the foil, baste the potatoes and apples with the syrup mixture, and bake uncovered for another 45 minutes or until the potatoes apples are soft
Nutrition Facts per serving
Calories: 313kcalCarbohydrates: 65gProtein: 2gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 190mgPotassium: 384mgFiber: 5gSugar: 49gVitamin A: 10912IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 32mgIron: 1mg
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