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Lisa's Apple Yams aka Sweet Potato Casserole
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
45 mins
 
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 people
Author: Linda Loosli
Ingredients
  • 4 large sweet potatoes or yams (peeled and cooked until tender. Slice the sweet potatoes/yams the thickness you desire)
  • 3-4 cooking apples (cored, peeled, and sliced)
Sweet Potato Casserole Sauce Ingredients
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup of unsalted butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • Nutmeg and Cinnamon to taste
Instructions
Sweet Potato Casserole
  1. Gather all of your ingredients.

  2. Wash the sweet potatoes and cut the ends off.

  3. Place foil on a cookie sheet and spray with cooking spray. Place the sweet potatoes/yams on the foiled and greased cookie sheet. The cooking time will depend on what size of sweet potatoes/yams you purchase. I used rather large sweet potatoes, it took 1-1/2 hours to bake them.

  4. Remove the baked sweet potatoes/yams from the oven and allow to cool.

  5. After the sweet potatoes/yams have had a chance to cool, it is time to peel and slice them to your desired thickness.

  6. Next, throughly wash the apples. Using an apple peeler or other tool - peel, slice, and core the apples. Slice down the center of the peeled and cored apple to create apple slices that will be ready to be place in the casserole dish.

  7. Grease a 9x13 inch pan and layer the sweet potato/yams and apples.

    **It is time to make the sweet potato sauce! See below for instructions.**

  8. Once the sauce has been poured over the sweet potatoes/yams and apples, it is time to bake.

    Cover the sweet potato/yam mixture with foil and bake in the oven at (350°F) = (176°C) for 30 minutes. No marshmallows on this one. This recipe is fabulous! Enjoy!

Sweet Potato Casserole Sauce
  1. It is time to prepare the sauce that will be pored over the layered sweet potatoes/yams and apples in the greased 9x13 in pan.

    In a medium to large pot, combine the water, brown sugar, salt, and cornstarch, stirring constantly.

  2. Add one cube (1/2 cup) of butter. Continue stirring constantly. Cook until it starts to thicken. Add 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice.

  3. Stir the brown sugar mixture constantly to keep from burning. Stir until the mixture is throughly mixed.

  4. Pour the sweet potato sauce over the sweet potatoes/yams and apples. Try to make sure each piece is covered with the sauce.

  5. Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg (I forgot to add these earlier).