Smashed Sweet Potatoes With Apples

• 8 lbs sweet potatoes (about 12 large)
• 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 8 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons fresh ground pepper
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 6 mcintosh apples or 6 macoun apples, peeled,cored,and cut into eighths
• 6 tablespoons light brown sugar

1. Preheat oven to 375u0b0.
2. Scrub potatoes, then prick several times with a knife or fork.
3. Bake 1 hour, or until very soft when pierced with a knife.
4. Combine orange juice, cream, butter, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and pepper.
5. Remove potatoes from oven.
6. Once cooled, scoop out the insides with a spoon.
7. Place 1/2 of sweet potato meat into the bowl of an electric mixer.
8. Add 1/2 of juice-and-cream mixture, blend until combined but not smooth, and pour into a large baking dish.
9. Repeat with remaining potatoes and juice-and-cream mixture, and add to baking dish.
10. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
11. Add apple wedges and brown sugar; cook about 10 minutes, turning apples occasionally, until lightly browned on both sides.
12. Place on top of sweet potatoes and bake 30 minutes, until heated through.
13. (Note: If refrigerating before baking, cook 45 minutes, or until heated through.).

sweet potatoes, freshly squeezed orange juice, heavy cream, butter, light brown sugar, ground nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, fresh ground pepper, butter, apples, light brown sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/smashed-sweet-potatoes-with-apples-73639 (may not work)