Maple Sweet Potatoes With Apple And Bacon Food

MASHED SWEET POTATOES WITH BACON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Pierce the potatoes all over with a fork and place on a baking sheet. Bake until completely soft, about 45 minutes. Let cool slightly. Split the potatoes in half, scoop out the flesh into a medium bowl and set aside. Discard the skins.
• Cook the bacon in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until crisp, 8 to 9 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to a paper towel¿lined plate. Add the bourbon or cider to the drippings in the saucepan and cook until mostly evaporated, about 30 seconds. Add the potatoes, heavy cream, butter, maple syrup and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; mash with a potato masher until smooth and warmed through.
• Transfer the potatoes to a bowl; top with the bacon and drizzle with more maple syrup before serving.

MAPLE-BACON HASSELBACK SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 13x9-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Poke each sweet potato several times with fork. Place on microwavable plate. Microwave uncovered on High 5 minutes. Cool 5 minutes.
• Using serrated knife, cut sweet potatoes crosswise into 1/8-inch slices, leaving bottom 1/4 to 1/2 inch intact. Place sweet potatoes in baking dish. Brush potatoes with 1 tablespoon of the melted butter. Sprinkle with salt.
• Bake 50 to 65 minutes or until completely tender. Brush with remaining tablespoon melted butter. Brush sweet potatoes with maple syrup. Top with bacon and thyme.

SWEET POTATO, BACON AND APPLE HASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, add the sweet potatoes, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt, to taste. Toss to coat and arrange them on a baking sheet. Roast the sweet potatoes until they are soft but not mushy, about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and reserve.
• Coat a large saute pan with olive oil. Add the bacon and put the pan over medium heat. When the bacon has started to get crispy and brown, add the onions, season with salt and saute until the onions are very soft and aromatic. Add the apples and the scallion whites and saute for 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in the sweet potatoes, and saute until the sweet potatoes are cooked through and starting to become crispy, about 7 to 8 minutes.
• Transfer to a serving platter and garnish with the scallion greens and pumpkin seeds.
• Fantastico!

MAPLE BACON MASHED POTATOES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a small nonstick skillet over medium heat, turning occasionally, until crisp, about 4 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate with tongs to drain, reserving the bacon grease.
• Chop the bacon strips into pieces, then transfer to a small bowl and toss with ½ tablespoon of maple syrup. Set aside.
• Add the potatoes to a large pot and cover with cold water by 1 inch (2.5 cm). Add 1 tablespoon of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 15 minutes, until the potatoes are easily pierced with a fork. Drain the potatoes and return to the pot.
• Add the milk, heavy cream, butter, and reserved bacon grease to a small saucepan and cook over medium-low heat until the butter melts.
• Mash the potatoes with a potato masher or ricer. Pour in the warm milk mixture and stir until smooth. Add the remaining tablespoon of maple syrup and remaining 1½ teaspoons of salt and stir to combine. Add more milk or heavy cream if the potatoes are too stiff.
• Transfer the potatoes to a large serving bowl, top with the maple-coated bacon, and serve.
• Enjoy!

APPLE, BACON AND SWEET POTATO MINI CASSEROLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin cups with cooking spray. Cut four of the bacon slices crosswise into thirds; chop remaining bacon.
• In a 12-inch skillet cook large bacon pieces over medium until crisp. Drain bacon on paper towels; discard drippings. Add chopped bacon, apples, and onion to skillet. Cook over medium 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add sweet potato; cook 10 minutes or just until potato is tender, stirring frequently. Stir in thyme and pepper.
• Divide potato mixture among prepared muffin cups. In a medium bowl combine egg and milk; pour over potato mixture (cups will be full). Top with cheese.
• Bake 25 minutes or until puffed and a knife comes out clean. Cool in cups 5 minutes. Remove from cups. Top with large bacon pieces. Serve warm.

MAPLE GLAZED SWEET POTATOES WITH BACON AND CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Toss the sweet potato chunks, olive oil, salt, and black pepper in a large bowl, and spread the sweet potatoes out onto a large rimmed baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until browned and tender, about 40 minutes; stir after the first 20 minutes.
• Cook the bacon until crisp and brown in a large skillet over medium heat, about 10 minutes; transfer bacon to a bowl, but leave the grease in the skillet. Cook the onions in the bacon grease until browned, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low, and cook the onions until very soft, brown, and sweet, another 10 to 15 minutes. Stir often. Mix the onions with the bacon in the bowl, and set aside.
• Pour the maple syrup into the hot skillet with the thyme, and bring to a rolling boil. Boil the syrup until reduced by half, 3 to 4 minutes. Place the roasted sweet potatoes and onion-bacon mixture into the skillet, and stir to coat the vegetables with maple glaze. Transfer to a serving dish.

APPLE-BACON SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Cook onions and bacon in large nonstick skillet on medium heat 7 to 8 min. or until onions are crisp-tender.
• Place potatoes in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Add apples, apple juice and cinnamon; mix lightly. Top with onion mixture; cover.
• Bake 40 min. Uncover; top with nuts. Bake 15 min. or until potatoes are tender and most of the liquid is absorbed.

SWEET POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F. Spray two baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray. Divide sweet potatoes between the baking sheets. Divide olive oil, salt, and pepper between the two sheets. Toss to combine.
• Spread sweet potatoes in a single layer so they aren't touching. Bake for 25 minutes. Toss and flip sweet potatoes, then bake for 15 minutes more. They should have a crispy, caramelized exterior and soft interior.
• Meanwhile whisk together dressing ingredients in a small bowl. In a large bowl place slightly cooled sweet potatoes, apples, pecans, and dried cranberries. Gently toss with dressing. Serve warm, room temperature, or cold. If serving cold, let sweet potatoes cool completely before tossing with other ingredients and dressing.

MAPLE SWEET POTATOES WITH APPLE AND BACON

Steps:

• Toss potatoes with oil and salt. Roast at 400' about 20 minutes or until tender.
• Cook bacon over medium heat in a large pot. Add onions once fat starts to render. Cook until bacon is crisp and onions are translucent.
• Add apples to pot and cook 2 more minutes (I cooked longer to caramelize the apples a bit).
• Add potatoes and cook approximately 5 minutes, or until soft (Again, I cooked longer to get a bit of caramelizing on the potatoes).
• Toss with maple syrup and serve.
• Note: I roasted the potatoes the night before and just put them in the fridge so I wouldn't tie up the oven for Thanksgiving dinner.

MAPLE-APPLE SWEET POTATO BAKE

Steps:

• In a greased shallow 2-1/2-qt. baking dish, combine the apples and sweet potatoes. Combine the remaining ingredients; sprinkle over apple mixture. Cover and bake at 350° for 40 minutes. Uncover; bake 15-20 minutes longer or until apples and potatoes are tender.

MAPLE-ROASTED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Arrange sweet potatoes in an even layer in a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish. Combine maple syrup, butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper in small bowl. Pour the mixture over the sweet potatoes; toss to coat.
• Cover and bake the sweet potatoes for 15 minutes. Uncover, stir and cook, stirring every 15 minutes, until tender and starting to brown, 45 to 50 minutes more.

GRANNY'S APPLE SCALLOPED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, combine apple slices, sugar and lemon juice; toss to coat. Set aside. In an 8- or 9-in. cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat., Alternately arrange potato and apple slices in a single layer in same skillet. Combine 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, cream, thyme, salt and pepper; pour over top., Bake, uncovered, 50 minutes. Top with bacon and remaining 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese. Bake until potatoes are tender and top is lightly browned, 5-10 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. If desired, sprinkle with parsley.

MAPLE SWEET POTATOES - SANDRA LEE

Steps:

• In large, covered microwave-safe bowl, microwave potatoes on HIGH in 2 minute intervals until hot.
• Drain and discard any liquid in bowl. Toss potatoes with butter, maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice, salt and pepper; mash with fork to desired consistency. Sprinkle with pecans. If desired, drizzle with additional maple syrup.

SAVORY SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH CANDIED BACON

Steps:

• Because of the various stages of this recipe (boiling, baking, baking), make sure you know what you're doing and where you're going next so read the recipe in full, before beginning!
• To a large stockpot, add the sweet potato chunks, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Boil over high heat until sweet potatoes are fork tender, about 20 minutes. Drain well and transfer to a large bowl.
• If you're making this straight through (and not making ahead), preheat your oven now to 350F.
• To the large bowl with the sweet potatoes brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice, cream, butter, eggs, and beat with a handheld electric mixer on medium-high speed until combined and fluffy.
• Spray a 2-quart casserole dish or similar-sized baking dish with cooking spray, and transfer the sweet potato mixture into the dish. If you're making ahead, stop now, cover tightly with plastic wrap or foil, and refrigerate.*** (See Notes)
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, add the bacon, pecans, toss to combine; set aside. Tip - Parchment paper is not optional here unless you love doing stubborn dishes with a baked-on sugary glaze.
• To a small bowl, ad the brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, smoked paprika, salt, lemon zest, and mix to combine.
• Slowly and evenly drizzle the liquid mixture over the bacon and pecans and stir lightly to coat evenly.
• Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until well toasted.
• Sprinkle the candied bacon and pecans over the top of the sweet potatoes.
• Bake on the middle rack fora bout 35 to 40 minutes, or until set. Tip - If the top appears to be browning too quickly, cover it with foil after baking for about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the foil for the last 5 minutes of baking.
• Allow to cool momentarily before serving. Recipe is best warm and fresh but extra will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 4 months.