Sweet Potato Casserole with Orange Juice

Ingredients

Yields 8

For the Sweet Potatoes:

• 3 Large Sweet potatoes (around 3lbs.)
• 1/2 cup Natalie's Orange Juice
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
• 1/4 cup (4 tbsp.) Unsalted butter melted
• 1 tsp. Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
• Zest of 1 orange

For the Casserole Topping:

• 1 cup Pecan pieces
• 5 tbsp. Unsalted butter melted
• 1/3 cup Flour
• 1/4 cup Brown sugar

Directions

1. Heat oven to 400°F. Pierce all sides of each sweet potato with fork.
2. Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet & bake in the oven for an hour or so or until soft. Remove from oven & allow to cool.
3. Once cooled peel the baked sweet potatoes & place in a large mixing bowl. Mash slightly with a fork or potato masher.
4. Add orange juice brown sugar melted butter cinnamon nutmeg & orange zest into the bowl.
5. Use a hand mixer to combine all ingredients & to make the potatoes slightly fluffy.
6. Heat the oven to 350°F. Meanwhile make the pecan topping.
7. In a small bowl combine the pecan pieces melted butter flour & brown sugar.
8. Toss until the pecans are evenly coated with the mixture.
9. Spread the sweet potato mixture into a casserole dish. Top with the pecan topping & bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until pecans are golden brown. Serve warm.