Melting Sweet Potatoes with Maple Pecan Drizzle Side Dish Recipe
The yummiest and easiest way to serve roasted sweet potatoes as your holiday side dish! The maple pecan drizzle is the perfect finishing touch to these melt in your mouth sweet potato disks. Don't leave these off of your Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years dinner menus!
Melting Sweet Potatoes with Maple Pecan Drizzle Side Dish Recipe
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes

INGREDIENTS
For the Sweet Potatoes:
  • 2 pounds Sweet Potatoes peeled and sliced width wise into apx. 1 inch slices/disks.
  • 8 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
For the Maple Pecan Drizzling Sauce:
  • 1 Cup Your Favorite Maple Syrup
  • 1 Cup Chopped Pecans
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Sweet Potato Slices
  2. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit (I don't use the convection option when I make these).
  3. Peel the sweet potatoes and slice them into apx. 1" thick slices/discs. Spread them out evenly on a large baking sheet or roasting pan.
  4. Melt the butter, and drizzle 3/4 of it generously on top of the sweet potato slices. Sprinkle them with salt. Toss well to coat evenly while on the pan, and then spread them out on the pan again in a single layer, making sure they are not touching each other.
  5. Roast them in the oven on the first side for 20 minutes.
  6. Flip with tongs, drizzle with the remaining melted butter, and continue to roast for another 20 minutes.
  7. The potatoes are done when they're golden brown and crisp, and the insides are light and fluffy. (Don't worry if some are pretty dark, that's the butter caramelizing all yummy like!)
Maple Pecan Sauce
  1. Bring the maple syrup to a boil in a small sauce pan.
  2. Add the pecans.
  3. Wait for the sauce to come back to a boil, cook for 1 minute, and then remove from heat.
  4. Pour the sauce over the sweet potatoes and serve. (TIP: You might want to double the maple pecan sauce and set a little bowl or dish out on the side for your guests to extra smother their serving if they like! It's also scrumptious over vanilla ice cream and on top of yummy fall desserts.)
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