Dinner Tonight: Sweet Potatoes With Apples and Brown Sugar Recipe
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I know, this looks bad. Sometimes rough looking ingredients can be combined to create some beautiful looking cuisine, but this just looks like a few tubers tossed with some fruit and cooked for a long while. And, honestly, that’s really all it is. Toss in a little brown sugar, butter, and water for good measure, and that’s the recipe. Luckily looks aren’t everything.
I snagged this from the time worn Joy of Cooking, and what it loses in appearance, and more than makes up for in taste. Those messy looking apples lend a nice batch of acidity to the starchy potatoes, making this a nice Thanksgiving alternative to the classic marshmallow covered ones.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, skinned, and sliced 1/2 inch thick
- 3 red apples, cored and sliced into thin wedges
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup water
- Pepper
Directions
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1.
Melt the butter in a large skillet. Add the potatoes, apples, brown sugar, salt, and water. Combine.
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2.
Cover the skillet and cook on low heat for 30 minutes.
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3.
Uncover, increase the heat to medium, and cook until the water evaporates.
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4.
Season with some pepper.
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