Sweet Potatoes With Apples

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 medium sweet potatoes or 8 medium yams
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon orange zest
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 medium tart cooking apples, peeled,cored,coarsely chopped (2 cups)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 prick sweet potatoes with fork to allow steam to escape.
• 3 bake for 55 to 65 minutes or until folk tender.
• 4 cut thin, lengthwise slice from top of each sweet potato; scoop out inside, leaving thin shell.
• 5 place shells on 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly-roll pan; set aside.
• 6 place hot sweet potato and all remaining ingredients except apple in large mixer bowl.
• 7 beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed and no lumps remain (2 to 3 minutes).
• 8 stir in apples by hand.
• 9 fill reserved shells with sweet potato mixture.
• 10 bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until heated through.