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Sugar Free Orange Maple Sweet Potatoes

Sugar Free Stove Top Sweet Potatoes made with with butter, orange and cinnamon.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Author: Angela Roberts

Ingredients

  • 1 sticks butter
  • 1/4 cup sugar free maple syrup I use Choc Zero
  • 1 teaspoon black strap molasses
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 4 large sweet potatoes peeled
  • 1 large naval orange cut into 4 pieces
  • 1/2 lemon
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 1/2 cup water more If needed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • black pepper

Instructions

  • Cut peeled sweet potatoes across into 1/2 discs.
  • Add In sugar free maple syrup
  • In a dutch oven (large enough to fit all sweet potatoes), melt the butter with black strap molasses. Add cinnamon.
  • Add in sweet potatoes.
  • Squeeze oranges over potatoes. Put orange skins in pot.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Add in cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, and water. You will need to judge how necessary adding liquid is.
  • Cover and cook on low heat for about an hour, stirring every ten minutes or so.