sweet potatoes with zest!

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 pounds sweet potatoes
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 large orange, zested and juiced
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 lemon, zested
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet.
• bake in the preheated oven until a fork can easily puncture a sweet potato, about 1 hour. remove baking sheet from oven and cool sweet potatoes until easily handled, about 15 minutes.
• remove skins from sweet potatoes and transfer sweet potatoes to a large bowl. beat potatoes with an electric mixer until smooth. add brown sugar and butter to sweet potatoes while they are still warm; beat until butter is melted and brown sugar is dissolved.
• mix orange zest, orange juice, ginger, lemon zest, and salt into sweet potatoes; transfer to 9x9-inch baking dish. heat sweet potatoes in oven if desired.