Bake sweet potatoes with nutty caramel sauce for a sweet and delicious side dish.
Sweet Potatoes with Caramel Sauce
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes (about 2 lb)
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup evaporated milk (from 12-oz can)
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheet with foil. Pierce sweet potatoes with fork; place on cookie sheet. Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour or just until tender when pierced with fork. When cool enough to handle, peel potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch slices.
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Step2Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Grease 11x7-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish with butter or cooking spray. Place sweet potatoes in dish.
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Step3In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and evaporated milk until completely incorporated. Cook and stir 2 to 4 minutes or until mixture is smooth and looks like caramel. Stir in honey and pecans. Spoon over sweet potatoes.
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Step4Cover; bake 30 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
Nutrition
280
Calories
6g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
55g
Total Carbohydrate
46g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 280
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 19%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 80mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 340mg
- 10%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 55g
- 18%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 46g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 220%
- 220%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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