Recipe: Baked Sweet Potatoes with Apples and Cranberries (layered slices)

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Apples and Cranberries (layered slices)

6 medium size sweet potatoes
Water
1 cup sugar
2 cups fresh cranberries
1 large apple, thinly sliced
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup orange juice

Boil sweet potatoes in water until nearly done. Drain and cool slightly. Peel and cut into 1/2-inch thick slices.

In a medium saucepan, combine 1/2 cup water, sugar and cranberries. Cook until the berries have just popped.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x12x2-inch baking dish.

Arrange layer of potatoes in bottom, then a layer of apples. Next add a layer of 1/2 of cranberries and their liquid. Put remaining potatoes on top and spoon remaining berries over all. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Dot with butter and pour orange juice over all.

Bake in oven for 30 minutes.

Makes 8 servings