Recipe: Baked Sweet Potatoes and Apples with Pecan Butter

BAKED SWEET POTATOES AND APPLES WITH PECAN BUTTER

1/3 cup Land O Lakes butter
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon stone-ground mustard
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
3 medium (1 1/2 pounds) sweet potatoes, sliced 1/2-inch
3 small tart cooking apples sliced horizontally 1/2-inch, seeds removed

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

In 13x9-inch baking pan melt butter in oven (4 to 6 minutes). Stir in all remaining ingredients except sweet potatoes and apples. Place sweet potatoes in butter mixture; toss to coat.

Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until fork tender.

Add apples; spoon butter mixture over apples. Continue baking for 15 to 20 minutes or until apples are tender.

Servings: 6
Source: Land O'Lakes