Sweet Potatoes In Creamy Cinnamon Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 16 ounces sweet potatoes
• 1/2 cup fat-free half-and-half
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar (or more)
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon light margarine spread

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 peel the sweet potatoes, then cut crosswise into 1/4 inch slices.
• 3 arrange the sweet potato slices in even layers on the bottom of a nonstick 8 inch round or square baking pan.
• 4 in a small bowl, whisk together the half-and-half, brown sugar, orange zest, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• 5 pour the mixture over the sweet potatoes.
• 6 dot with the margarine.
• 7 bake, uncovered, for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender, stirring once halfway through the baking time.