Orange-Spiced Mashed Sweet Potatoes

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Southern Living- kenneth Moyers, Bridgewater, Virginia

Serves 10 people

Categories: Vegetables- Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 3 lb. sweet potatoes
  • 1/3 cup orange juice
  • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp. ground ginger
  • Vegetable cooking spray
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. grated orange rind
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. Bake potatoes at 400 degrees or 1 hour or until tender; peel. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
  2. Beat potatoes, orange juice, nutmeg and ginger in a large mixing bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Spoon mixture into a 13 × 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
  3. Combine chopped pecans and next 3 ingredients; sprinkle evenly over potato mixture.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

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