Description
A warm and comforting fall dish featuring sweet potatoes, cranberries, and apples, perfect as a side or main course.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed and dried
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter (or coconut oil)
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 apple, diced
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).
- Poke holes in the sweet potatoes with a fork and bake for 45-60 minutes until tender.
- Cut the sweet potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out the flesh into a bowl, leaving the skins intact.
- Mash the sweet potato flesh with butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt until smooth.
- Fold in fresh cranberries and diced apple.
- Spoon the mixture back into the sweet potato skins.
- Return to the oven and bake for an additional 20-25 minutes until heated through and slightly golden on top.
- Serve warm and enjoy!
Notes
You can prepare the filling a day ahead and bake just before serving. The dish pairs well with roasted meats or a simple grain salad.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 65 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 350mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 63g
- Fiber: 7g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 15mg