Best Smashed Sweet Potatoes With Apples Recipes

SMASHED SWEET POTATOES WITH APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Scrub potatoes, then prick several times with a knife or fork.
• Bake 1 hour, or until very soft when pierced with a knife.
• Combine orange juice, cream, butter, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and pepper.
• Remove potatoes from oven.
• Once cooled, scoop out the insides with a spoon.
• Place 1/2 of sweet potato meat into the bowl of an electric mixer.
• Add 1/2 of juice-and-cream mixture, blend until combined but not smooth, and pour into a large baking dish.
• Repeat with remaining potatoes and juice-and-cream mixture, and add to baking dish.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add apple wedges and brown sugar; cook about 10 minutes, turning apples occasionally, until lightly browned on both sides.
• Place on top of sweet potatoes and bake 30 minutes, until heated through.
• (Note: If refrigerating before baking, cook 45 minutes, or until heated through.).

SMUSHED APPLES AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place the sweet potato in a medium saucepan and fill with enough water to cover the potatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and simmer for about 20 minutes or until tender. Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
• Melt butter over low heat in a small saucepan. Mix in the sugar, cinnamon and allspice. Add the apple slices, cover, and let simmer for 5 minutes, or until the apples are tender. Mix the apple mixture into the drained sweet potatoes along with the milk. Mix well using an electric mixer or just a fork until potatoes are mashed.

SWEET POTATOES WITH BOURBON AND BROWN SUGAR

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Wrap potatoes in foil, place on a rimmed baking sheet, and bake until tender, about 1 hour. Let rest until cool enough to handle but still warm, then remove the foil and peel off the skins.
• Add sweet potatoes to a food processor, along with butter, brown sugar, bourbon or juice, lemon zest, salt, nutmeg, pepper and cloves. Purée until smooth. (Or, for a chunkier texture, mash them by hand.) Taste and add salt, sugar or both if you like. Serve while still warm or reheat before serving.

SWEET POTATOES WITH APPLES

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 30 minutes or until just tender. Drain and cool slightly. Peel and cut into 1/4-in. slices., In a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish, alternately layer potatoes and apples. Pour orange juice over top. Combine the brown sugar, ginger and cinnamon; sprinkle over potatoes and apples. Dot with butter. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35-45 minutes or until apples are tender.

SWEET POTATO AND APPLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook 25 minutes, or until tender but firm. Drain, cool and cut into 1/4 inch slices.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 7x11 inch baking dish.
• In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Layer sweet potatoes, brown sugar mixture and apples in the prepared baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, butter and pecans. Sprinkle over the sweet potatoes.
• Bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until lightly browned.

SMASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Scrub the potatoes, prick them several times with a knife or fork, and bake them for 1 hour or until very soft when pierced with a knife. Remove from the oven and scoop out the insides as soon as they are cool enough to handle. Place the sweet potato meat into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and add the orange juice, cream, butter, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and pepper. Mix together until combined but not smooth and transfer to a baking dish.
• Bake the potatoes for 20 to 30 minutes, until heated through.

SMASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Toss 3 sweet potatoes (cut into 1-inch-thick rounds) with 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 teaspoon ras el hanout on a baking sheet. Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of cayenne. Roast at 400˚, 30 minutes. Smash the potatoes, then roast at 475˚ until crisp, 25 to 30 minutes. Drizzle with 1/4 cup plain yogurt mixed with 1/4 teaspoon each lemon juice and zest and a pinch each of salt and pepper.