Baked Apples and Sweet Potatoes
This healthy recipe comes from NDSU Extension Service.
Ingredients
- 5 cooked sweet potatoes
- 4 medium apples
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 c. margarine
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/4 c. hot water
- 2 Tbsp. honey
Directions
- Boil the sweet potatoes in water until they are almost tender.
- After the sweet potatoes cool, peel and slice them.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Grease the casserole dish with butter or margarine.
- Peel the apples, remove the cores and slice.
- Put a layer of sweet potatoes on the bottom of the dish. Add a layer of apple slices. Add some sugar, salt and tiny pieces of margarine to the apple layer.
- Repeat the layers of sweet potatoes, apples and sugar/salt.
- On the top layer of apples, sprinkle the rest of the brown sugar and margarine pieces. Sprinkle the top layer with nutmeg.
- Mix the hot water and honey together. Pour the mix over the top layer.
- Bake for 30 minutes until apples are tender.
Makes six servings.
Per serving: 300 calories, 8 grams (g) fat, 59 g carbohydrate, 6 g fiber and 310 percent of the daily recommendation for vitamin A (as beta carotene).
Recipe source: Pennsylvania Nutrition Network