Baked Apples and Sweet Potatoes

Layer sweet potatoes and apples to make this sweet and satisfying hot side dish.

Yield

6 servings

Serving size

1/6 of recipe

Rating

3.43 of 5 (140 ratings)

Food groups

• Fruit: 1 1/4 cups
• Vegetables: 1/2 cups

Ingredients

• 5 medium sweet potatoes
• 4 medium apples
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 cup hot water
• 2 tablespoons honey

Directions

1. Wash hands with soap and water.
2. Boil 5 sweet potatoes in water until they are almost tender.
3. After the sweet potatoes cool, peel and slice them.
4. Peel the apples.
5. Remove the cores, and slice the apples.
6. Preheat the oven to 400 °F. Grease the casserole dish with butter or margarine.
7. Put a layer of sweet potatoes on the bottom of the dish.
8. Add a layer of apple slices.
9. Add some sugar, salt, and tiny pieces of margarine to the apple layer.
10. Repeat steps 6, 7, and 8 to make more layers of sweet potatoes, apples, and sugar/salt.
11. On the top layer of apples, sprinkle the rest of the brown sugar and margarine pieces.
12. Sprinkle the top layer with nutmeg.
13. Mix the hot water and honey together.
14. Pour the mix over the top layer.
15. Bake for about 30 minutes until apples are tender.

Nutrition per serving

Notes

Honey should not be fed to children under 1 year of age.

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Source

Recipe by: Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network

Published by: the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion / SNAP-Ed) on MyPlate Kitchen at https://www.myplate.gov/recipes/baked-apples-and-sweet-potatoes. Federal works are public domain in the United States.