Sweet Potato Orange Cups

Side Dishes

Sweet Potato Orange Cups

This show-stealing side dish will have you and your guests coming back for an encore. For a truly unique side, stuff decadent mashed sweet potatoes into hollowed-out oranges and top with a sweet caramel-pecan topping spiked with bourbon.

Makes

12 cups

Total Time

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Ingredients

FOR THE CUPS, PREPARE:

FOR THE TOPPING, TOAST:

OFF HEAT, STIR IN:

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°.

For the cups, prepare oranges by slicing ⅛-inch off the bottoms of each. Flip oranges over, cut off top third, and scoop out and juice the flesh; reserve juice for the filling.

Mash sweet potatoes, pineapple, reserved orange juice, softened butter, brown sugar, eggs, cinnamon, and salt. Fill cups with sweet potato mixture, then transfer to a baking sheet. Bake cups until tops begin to brown, about 45 minutes.

For the topping, toast pecans in a sauté pan over medium heat, 2 minutes. Add butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt; cook until syrupy.

Off heat, stir in bourbon and vanilla. Return topping to medium heat for 1 minute, then spoon over baked orange cups and serve.

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To scoop out the oranges, use a spoon to separate the pulp from the rind. Don’t pierce the bottoms!

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To avoid the risk of igniting the bourbon, add it to the syrupy pecan mixture off heat.

Nutritional Facts

Nutritional Facts

Per orange cup

Calories: 434

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 23g 35%

Saturated Fat 9g 45%

Cholesterol 77mg 25%

Sodium 444mg 18%

Carbs 52g 17%

Fiber 4g 16%

Protein 5g

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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