Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Orange Glazed Sweet Potatoes

6 medium sized sweet potatoes
1 cup orange juice
2 tsp grated orange rind
1 TBSP cornstarch
3 TBSP melted butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
 pinch of salt

  • Cook sweet potatoes tender in skins (about 30 min) in boiling, salted water.
  • Drain potatoes, peel.
  • Place in greased shallow baking dish
  • Heat oven to 350
  • Meanwhile in a heavy saucepan, combine orange juice, orange rind, cornstarch, melted butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and salt.  Mix well
  • Cook, stirring until thick.
  • Pour over potatoes
  • Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, basting occasionally.