SWEET POTATOES WITH ZEST!

Sweet Potatoes with Zest! image

A dear friend gave me a similar recipe, which I have tweaked it a little bit. This is a great alternative to the heavy, marshmallowy, and extra-sweet dish that most of us love. The citrus flavor is always a surprise. It has become one of my most requested recipes.

Provided by Luv 2 eat

Categories Side Dish Vegetables Sweet Potatoes

Time 1h25m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

4 pounds sweet potatoes
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup butter
1 large orange, zested and juiced
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 lemon, zested
1 teaspoon salt

Steps:

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 414.8 calories, Carbohydrate 75.9 g, Cholesterol 30.5 mg, Fat 11.7 g, Fiber 7.5 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 7.3 g, Sodium 505.2 mg, Sugar 38.4 g