Smashed Sweet Potatoes With Apples

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 8 lbs sweet potatoes (about 12 large)
• 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 8 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons fresh ground pepper
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 6 mcintosh apples or 6 macoun apples, peeled,cored,and cut into eighths
• 6 tablespoons light brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 scrub potatoes, then prick several times with a knife or fork.
• 3 bake 1 hour, or until very soft when pierced with a knife.
• 4 combine orange juice, cream, butter, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and pepper.
• 5 remove potatoes from oven.
• 6 once cooled, scoop out the insides with a spoon.
• 7 place 1/2 of sweet potato meat into the bowl of an electric mixer.
• 8 add 1/2 of juice-and-cream mixture, blend until combined but not smooth, and pour into a large baking dish.
• 9 repeat with remaining potatoes and juice-and-cream mixture, and add to baking dish.
• 10 melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• 11 add apple wedges and brown sugar; cook about 10 minutes, turning apples occasionally, until lightly browned on both sides.
• 12 place on top of sweet potatoes and bake 30 minutes, until heated through.
• 13 (note: if refrigerating before baking, cook 45 minutes, or until heated through.).