Sweet Potato Surprise

Name: Sweet Potato Surprise
Total time: 1560 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 medium sweet potatoes; 1 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar; 1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch; 1 tsp Orange zest; 1/8 tsp Cinnamon; 1 cup Apricot nectar; 15 1/4 oz can sliced apricots, drained; 2 tbsp butter; 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Stephanie Goldman @cook_3867977

Burns Flat, Oklahoma

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Stephanie Goldman @cook_3867977

Burns Flat, Oklahoma

Husband approved!

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Ingredients

26 mins

8 servings

6medium sweet potatoes
1 1/2 cupfirmly packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 tbspcornstarch
1 tspOrange zest
1/8 tspCinnamon
1 cupApricot nectar
15 1/4 ozcan sliced apricots, drained
2 tbspbutter
1/2 cupchopped pecans

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Steps

26 mins

1

Put sweet potatoes in pot & cover with water. Bring to boil & boil on medium high heat for 20 minutes; drain well. Cool until easily handled.
2

Preheat oven to 375°F.
3

Remove peel from the sweet potatoes & discard. Cut each potato into 1/2-inch slices.
4

Arrange sweet potato slices in a 2 qt baking dish.
5

Combine brown sugar, cornstarch, orange zest, & cinnamon in a medium saucepan & mix well. Stir in apricot nectar.
6

Cook the mixture over medium heat, stirring continually, until thickened. Stir in apricots. Pour over sweet potatoes.
7

Dot potatoes with butter & sprinkle with pecans.
8

Bake until sauce is bubbly, about 25 minutes.