Orange-Spice Mashed Sweet Potatoes
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Southern Living- Kenneth Moyers, Bridgewater, Virginia
Serves 10 peopleCategories: 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
- Bake potatoes at 400 degrees for 1 hour or until tender; peel. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
- 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.
- Combine chopped pecans and next 3 ingredients; sprinkle evenly over potato mixture.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated.