Smashed Sweet Potatoes with Apples

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Smashed Sweet Potatoes with Apples

Servings: Serves 15–20 Ingredients

   8 pounds (about 12 large) sweet potatoes
   1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
   1 cup heavy cream
   8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter , melted
   1/2 cup light brown sugar
   2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
   1 teaspoon cinnamon
   4 teaspoons salt
   2 teaspoons freshly ground pepper
   6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
   6     McIntosh or Macoun apples , peeled, cored, and cut into eighths
   6 tablespoons light brown sugar

Directions 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.) Even thou this serves 15 -20, I used at least 1/2 of the juice/cream mixture to 1/4 of the potatoes. And used the rest of the mixture for mashed potatoes. Sweet but good.

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/food/Smashed-Sweet-Potatoes-with-Apples#ixzz1f92W1GcM