Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes

Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes

Submitted by: Kari and Anita Petersheim of Fredericktown, Ohio
Yield: Serves 6
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour 12 minutes
Total time:1 hour and 17 minutes

Ingredients:

• 6 medium sweet potatoes
• 3 Tbsp. butter
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 – 8oz. can crushed pineapple
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

1. Bake scrubbed sweet potatoes at 375°F until tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
2. Cut strip off top of each potato. Spoon potato out of shell. Combine with butter, orange juice and salt; whip to mix. Stir in pineapple; spoon into sweet potato shells. Sprinkle with nuts.
3. Bake at 375°F until hot, about 12 minutes.