Auntie Babette's | Sweet Potato Apple Hasselback

Sweet Potato Apple Hasselback 

This is a dessert masquerading as a vegetable

Prep: 20 minutes     Cook: 55minutes     Ready in: 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients:

-2 Sweet potatoes, evenly sized

-2 T Butter (chopped in little pieces)

-2 T Applesauce

-2 T Maple syrup 

-1/4 C Chopped pecans 

-1/4 C Dried cranberries

-1/4 C Peeled apples,  finely diced

-1/2 t Cinnamon

-1 pinch of salt

-Olive oil

 

Directions:

-Peel sweet potatoes 3/4 of the way - leave some peel on the bottom of the potato

-Lay wooden sticks on each side of the potato (to avoid cutting all the way through) 

-Slice potatoes thin

-Rub potatoes with olive oil

-Grease baking dish 

-In a small bowl, mix together remaining ingredients

-Stuff  some mixture between the slices

-Top potatoes with remaining mixture  

-Cover the dish with foil and bake for 40 minutes.

-Remove the foil and bake for another 10 - 15 minutes, watch carefully

-Cool for 5 minutes before serving

 

Serves 2-4 

 

Enjoy - Auntie Babette