Sweet Potato/Cranberry Casserole

Bergy's Note:

This is delicious with any meal but especially good with chicken, turkey or ham. Great for holidays because you can do it ahead.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 3 1/2 lbs sweet potatoes or 3 1/2 lbs yams, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
• 2 large onions, cut into 3/4-inch chunks
• lite olive oil or vegetable oil
• 2 cups fresh cranberries (do not thaw if using frozen cranberries) or 2 cups frozen cranberries (do not thaw if using frozen cranberries)
• 2/3 cup golden brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons melted butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 large orange, juice and rind of
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Mix Sweet potatoes and onions and put mixed veggies in two sprayed shallow oven proof dishes (about 8x12 each).
3. Spray the veggies lightly with oil and bake until sweet potatoes are just tender (a bit under done) About 20-25 minutes.
4. Lower heat on oven to 350°F.
5. Combine the remaining ingredients, mix well and pour equally into the two casseroles.
6. Mix well to coat all the pieces of vegetable.
7. Bake uncovered about 30-40 min or until tender and getting sticky, Stir once during cooking.
8. You may freeze the casseroles, tightly covered, before the final baking.
9. Then on the day of your dinner defrost and follow through the final baking.
10. Or you may hold it in your refrigerator, tightly covered, for a day and then bake on the day of your dinner.

Reviews

[The Pixelated Vegetarian]

Surprisingly good. The onions made me skeptical, but I was pleasantly surprised. If I made it again, I'd leave out the onion and substitute apples and raisins instead. I'd also double the spices. I threw in some sunflower seeds for variety.

[jswinks]

This was amazing! Everyone loved it at Thanksgiving tonight :) The cranberries were wonderful. I thought the onions would be overpowering but they were perfect with the slight sweetness of the sauce (these are not too sweet, not like candied yams at all). I will definitely be making these again. I have the other half frozen for another time and will update the review once I cook them from frozen!

[Melanie D]

This was very good and I thought the amount of onion was perfect. I would not substitute the onion with apples and raisins as some others have suggested because I think that would make the dish sickeningly sweet and much more caloric. It is sweet enough as is as far as we're concerned. We really liked it.