Orange Glazed Sweet Potatoes With Pecans Recipes

CITRUS SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 40-45 minutes or until tender. Drain and cool. Cut into 1/2-in. slices. Place in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar and cornstarch. Whisk in orange juice concentrate and lemon zest. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Pour over sweet potatoes. Sprinkle with pecans if desired. , Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 30-35 minutes or until sweet potatoes are heated through and sauce is bubbly.

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Prick potatoes several times with a fork and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake potatoes in the preheated oven until you can easily pierce them halfway through with a sharp knife, about 1 1/2 hours. Remove from the oven and allow to cool until easily handled, at least 20 minutes. Leave the oven on.
• Meanwhile, mix brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, pecans, and pumpkin pie spice for topping in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
• Peel the cooled sweet potatoes and cut crosswise into 3/4-inch thick slices.
• Lightly grease a 9x13-inch ceramic or glass baking dish with 2 teaspoons butter. Spread potato slices in a single layer in the dish and spoon a bit of topping over each slice. Add remaining potato slices in a second layer and sprinkle with remaining topping.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until bubbly and browned, about 20 minutes. Use a serving spoon to dish this out, making sure to get to some of the sauce from the bottom for each serving.

ORANGE SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in a Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until tender. Drain. When potatoes are cool, peel and cut into 1/2-in. slices. Arrange in a greased shallow 3-qt. baking dish; set aside., In a large saucepan, combine the brown sugar, cornstarch, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the orange juice, honey, butter, water and orange zest. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in walnuts. , Pour mixture over the potatoes. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25 minutes or until heated through.

SWEET POTATO, ORANGE & PINEAPPLE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan; add water to cover. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium; cook, uncovered, until tender, 10-15 minutes. Drain., Place sweet potatoes in a large bowl; mash potatoes. Stir in sugar, pineapple, eggs, sour cream, orange zest, juice, butter and vanilla; transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. For topping, in a large bowl, mix coconut, pecans, brown sugar and flour. Add butter; mix until crumbly. Sprinkle over top., Bake, uncovered, until heated through and topping is golden brown, 40-45 minutes.

ROASTED SWEET POTATOES WITH PECANS AND SPICED MAPLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees F and arrange rack in the middle.
• While oven heats, place pecans on a baking sheet to toast until they smell nutty and are slightly darker, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
• Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet, drizzle with oil. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper, and toss to coat. Roast until golden brown and tender when pierced with a knife, about 40 to 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. When it foams, stir in maple syrup and cayenne and let cook briefly, about 1 minute. Serve sweet potatoes with a drizzle of maple butter and a scattering of pecans.

ORANGE GLAZED SWEET POTATOES WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Bake potatoes until very tender -- about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Let cool, and reduce oven heat to 350.
• Scoop potatoes out of peels and mash until desired texture. Stir in remaining ingredients and place in casserole dish (9 X 9).
• Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over potatoes. Bake until done at 350 -- about 1/2 hours.
• Optional: stud with 9 pecan halves at even intervals before returning to oven, just to make it look pretty.

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Place sweet potato in a small saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-40 minutes or just until tender. Drain. , When cool enough to handle, peel and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place in a greased shallow 2-cup baking dish. , In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, pecans, pineapple juice, lemon juice and cinnamon; sprinkle over sweet potato slices. Dot with butter. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15 minutes or until bubbly and heated through.

ORANGE-GLAZED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in boiling, salted water until just tender; drain.
• Peel potatoes and cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch slices.
• Arrange in 9x13" baking dish.
• Sprinkle with salt.
• In a saucepan combine brown sugar and cornstarch.
• Blend in orange peel and juice.
• Add raisins.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
• Cook 1 minute longer.
• Add margarine and walnuts, stirring until margarine has melted.
• Pour sauce over sweet potatoes.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until sweet potatoes are well glazed.
• Baste occasionally.
• Variation: Immediately before pouring sauce over sweet potatoes, fold in 2 cups apricot halves.

ORANGE GLAZED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Pare and halve sweet potatoes.
• Combine peel, juice, corn syrup, and brown sugar.
• Add sweet potatoes, boiling water, and salt to a large saucepan. Simmer, covered, until tender; this should take about 15 minutes. Drain off liquid, leaving 1/4 cup in skillet. Dot potatoes with butter or margarine. Pour orange juice mixture over potatoes, and add orange slices. Cook, uncovered, over low heat until glazed, an additional 15 minutes. Baste often, and turn once while cooking.