SLOW COOKER SWEET POTATO, APPLE, AND CRANBERRIES

Slow Cooker Sweet Potato, Apple, and Cranberries image

Scrumptious and easy holiday sweet potato or yam recipe using your slow cooker to save your oven space (and energy!) for the cooking marathon on the big day. Figure on 1/2 of a large sweet potato per serving.

Provided by Susan

Categories Side Dish Vegetables Sweet Potatoes

Time 4h20m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

4 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in 1-inch cubes
1 large apple, peeled and diced
1 cup cranberries
⅓ cup orange juice
½ cup brown sugar, packed
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg, or to taste
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon melted butter
½ cup toasted, chopped pecans

Steps:

Combine sweet potatoes, apple, cranberries, orange juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a slow cooker and stir. Add melted butter and stir again.
Cook on High for 2 hours, stirring every hour to redistribute liquid. Reduce heat to Low and continue cooking and stirring until sweet potatoes are tender, 2 to 4 hours more.
Set slow cooker to Warm setting until ready to serve. Serve garnished with pecans.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 333.1 calories, Carbohydrate 66.7 g, Cholesterol 3.8 mg, Fat 6.6 g, Fiber 8.9 g, Protein 4.4 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 212.3 mg, Sugar 27.3 g