Cooking with Love

with Gianna Conte    (Jan)

Sweet Potatoes My Way

This is my mother's recipe, but I have tweaked it over the years. To me, this is the only way to eat sweet potatoes. Tender, sweet and properly cooked.

My husband decided to slice up a few apples and add to the potatoes before going into the oven.

Viola! Magic happened - I'm hooked. You have got to try making these once...and you'll be hooked too..

Ingredients:

5 lbs peeled, sliced sweet potatoes

2 apples, any kind, peeled, cored and sliced thin but firm

Real butter, 1 stick+ cut up

1+1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1/2 cup Brown sugar

1 tsp salt

Black pepper to taste

Directions:

On cookie sheet, place potato slices on one layer. Mix in sliced apples.

Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Top with cubed butter.

Place in 350 degree oven for approximately one hour. 

Goes wonderful with pork, turkey, and ham....

5 lb peeled sweet potatoes

5 lb peeled sweet potatoes

Comments

11.04.2020 03:25

Marysue Bornholdt

Thanks Jan - Sounds good. I'd like to try it. Happy Easter! And stay safe!

11.04.2020 23:10

Jan Conte

Any time. Thank you for reading my blog. We're making the best of it.🐰

11.04.2020 01:27

Marysue Bornholdt

Hi Jan - The brown sugar- do you use the Domino dark or light brown sugar, or the raw, brown colored sugar?

11.04.2020 01:53

Jan Conte

The dark or light, whatever you have as long as it is not white. Happy Easter 🐰



Let's get baking!


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees


 1 whole thin skinned orange, remove the stem and cut in quarters. Keep the skin on the oranges.

In a clean large food processor, add the orange quarters, 1 1/4 cups of sugar, three large eggs, 1 tsp of vanilla, 1 tsp of orange extract, 1 tbsp of Triple Sec liqueur, optional, 2/3 cup vegetable oil. 


Pulse all ingredients in the processor and then puree until mixture becomes a batter with specs of orange peel.


Add to the processor:


2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt


Process all dry ingredients until they are entirely incorporated into the batter.


Bake in a greased and floured spring pan, using a parchment paper circle on top of the greased bottom.*


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place in the center rack of the oven.  Bake for 30-40 minutes, depending on your oven.


Remove from your oven and let it cool down completely. Dust with powdered sugar or make a drizzle of 1/4 cup powdered sugar and fresh squeezed orange until thick and smooth.  Pour onto the cooled fresh orange cake.


*if you don't have a large processor, you can use a blender.


Enjoy with some espresso and close your eyes and it will feel like you're in Sicily.