Crock Pot Orange-Spiced Sweet Potatoes

Submitted by Audrey M

"These are wonderful with a pork roast. I serve it with my Crock pot Pork, Sauerkraut and Beer recipe."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 1⁄2 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter, cut into small pieces
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 medium orange, juice of
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• toasted chopped pecans

directions

1. Place sweet potatoes in bottom of slow cooker.
2. Mix spices and orange juice together.
3. Stir into sweet potatoes.
4. Cook on High for 2 hours or on Low for 4 hours.
5. Check for doneness because each crock pot cooks at a different heat setting.
6. Before serving, stir in toasted pecans.

Reviews

[sema4051]

I made tested this pre-thanksgiving and it passed the muster. I will be serving it this year. As most sweet potatoes recipes, I thought it tasted better as a left over, so I am making it a day ahead and will reheat the day of. I used orange juice, as I did not have an orange. The light citrus flavor will be a nice compliment to the other more savory dishes I am serving. Thank you!

 

[CatDenier]

These worked great for both the Thanksgiving dinner at home and the office holiday party. I mixed the sauce before hand, using melted butter intead of butter chunks, and stored it in a jar for ease of carry to the office, and the flavor still turned out clean and rich - without the need for marshmallows! Thank you!

 

[Anissa]

I made this today for Easter dinner. It was real easy and tasted good as well. I liked the crockpot ease of it. I put it on before church and it was ready afterwards. I used the brown sugar I had on hand, light not dark plus I just used ready made o.j. as I didn't have any fresh to squeeze. With these cahnges it was still a good dish. Thank you, Audrey, for making my Easter dinner a bit easier!