Sweet Potatoes with Zest! Recipe

Sweet Potatoes with Zest! Recipe

  • 4 pounds sweet potatoes
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 large orange, zested and juiced
  • 1 tablespoon ground ginger
  • 1 lemon, zested
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet.
  2. Bake in the preheated oven until a fork can easily puncture a sweet potato, about 1 hour. Remove baking sheet from oven and cool sweet potatoes until easily handled, about 15 minutes.
  3. Remove skins from sweet potatoes and transfer sweet potatoes to a large bowl. Beat potatoes with an electric mixer until smooth. Add brown sugar and butter to sweet potatoes while they are still warm; beat until butter is melted and brown sugar is dissolved.
  4. Mix orange zest, orange juice, ginger, lemon zest, and salt into sweet potatoes; transfer to 9×9-inch baking dish. Heat sweet potatoes in oven if desired.