Candied Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Created by SweetsnStuff on August 20, 2017
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 1h
- Recipe #27736
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes (or yams, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces, about 8 cups)
- 1/3 cup maple syrup (pure)
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Pepper
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 400℉ (200℃) F.
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Step 2: Put sweet potatoes in an even layer in a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish.
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Step 3: Combine maple syrup, butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Pour the mixture over the sweet potatoes; toss to coat.
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Step 4: Cover and bake the sweet potatoes for 15 minutes.
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Step 5: Uncover, stir and cook, stirring every 15 minutes, until tender and starting to brown, 45 to 50 minutes more.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (320.8 g)
- Calories 292.5
- Total Fat - 7.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 1 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 322.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 53 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.1 g
- Sugars - 17.7 g
- Protein - 7.3 g
- Calcium - 112 mg
- Iron - 9.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 33.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg