Spicy Candied Sweet Potatoes
- Canola oil cooking spray
- 2 29 -ounce cans cut sweet potatoes, drained
- 1/2 cup pecans, finely chopped
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 3 cups miniature marshmallows
- Excerpted from Sandra Lee's book, Semi-Homemade Money Saving Slow Cooking (Wiley)
- Coat a 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, stir together the sweet potatoes, pecans, butter and orange juice concentrate until combined.
- In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice and cayenne pepper.
- Sprinkle over the sweet potato mixture and stir until combined.
- Spoon into the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low for 2 to 3 hours.
- Sprinkle the marshmallows over the top of the sweet potatoes in the slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low for 15 more minutes, or until the marshmallows are melted.
- Photograph by Hallie Burton
canola oil cooking spray, sweet potatoes, pecans, unsalted butter, orange juice concentrate, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cayenne pepper, marshmallows
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/spicy-candied-sweet-potatoes-recipe.html (may not work)