Maple and Brown Sugar Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Maple and Brown Sugar Sweet Potatoes Recipe. This is a great side dish recipe that everyone will love! Delicious sweet potatoes, coated in maple syrup and brown sugar.
All you need to make this dish is sweet potatoes, butter, maple syrup, brown sugar, flaked coconut, and chopped pecans. Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or the Holidays. Your guests will love this recipe, and so will the kids!
Sweet potatoes aren’t only for Fall and The Holidays, you can enjoy them all year round. If you make them once, you will want them again!
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Maple and Brown Sugar Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- non-stick cooking spray
- 2½ sweet potatoes
- 3 tbsp butter
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp flaked coconut (optional)
- ⅓ cup chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, add sweet potatoes, and cover with water.
- Place saucepan over medium/high heat and bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 25 – 30 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Preheat oven to 350° F
- Prepare an 8×8 inch baking pan by spraying with non-stick cooking spray.
- Using a colander, drain water off of sweet potatoes and allow to cool.
- When potatoes are cooled enough to handle, peel and cut into large cubes.
- In prepared baking dish, place sweet potatoes in an even layer.
- In a small saucepan over low heat, add butter, sugar, coconut, and syrup.
- Stirring continuously, heat for 3 to 5 minutes or until butter is melted and ingredients are well combined.
- Pour mixture on top of the sweet potatoes.
- Sprinkle pecans on top.
- Bake 5 to 7 minutes, until top is lightly browned.
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