Baked Sweet Potatoes

Baked Sweet Potatoes
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Recipe Type: Thanksgiving
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Ingredients
  • 6 large sweet potatoes
  • ½ c. Sugar
  • 1 qt. orange juice
  • 2 tbsp. cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp. nutmeg
  • ¼ tbsp. vanilla
  • 1 stick butter
Instructions
  1. Boil sweet potatoes, drain and cool. Peel off skins and slice lengthwise.
  2. Place in 2 layers in a casserole dish and sprinkle ¼ c. sugar on each layer.
  3. Place orange juice, butter, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and vanilla in a 2 qt. sauce pan and heat on medium. Stir until it reaches a soft boil and reduce heat to let simmer for about 5 minutes.
  4. Pour over sweet potatoes.
  5. Cover pan and bake for 50-60 minutes at 350 degrees. Uncover and bake for extra five minutes to brown top.

 

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