Baked Sweet Potatoes In Orange Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch slices
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste, i use 1 tsp.)
• 2 cups orange juice
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 1 orange, thinly sliced (optional)

Recipe

• 1 prepare and butter a shallow 3-quart baking dish.
• 2 arrange the potato slices overlapping in rows in the baking dish; set aside.
• 3 in a small saucepan combine sugar, cornstarch and salt.
• 4 stir in orange juice until well blended; bring to a boil, and cook stirring constantly for about 1 minute.
• 5 remove from heat and add in butter, and orange peel, and mix until butter has melted.
• 6 pour over the sweet potatoes in the baking dish (at this point you can cover and set aside until ready to bake later on).
• 7 set oven to 375 degrees.
• 8 bake covered for about 45-50 minutes.
• 9 uncover and baste with sauce, then bake (uncovered) for another 15-20 minutes, or until the potato slices are cooked to desied tenderness (this might take more than 20 minutes).
• 10 when serving, arrange the orange slices around the dish if desired.
• 11 delicious!