Maple Glazed Sweet Potatoes With Pecan Topping

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup, plus
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup (1/2 cup plus 2 tbsps in all)
• 6 tablespoons butter (no subs!)
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed (or use 1/2 cup unpacked)
• 7 tablespoons butter
• 1/2-1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
• 4 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into about 1/4-inch slices (you can slice them larger but you might have to increase the cooking time slightly)
• boiling water, with
• 1 tablespoon salt

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 400 degrees f.
• 2 butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• 3 in a large pot bring water with about 1 tablespoon salt to a full boil.
• 4 add in sweet potatoes and bring back to a boil; simmer/blanch for about 5 minutes (no more than 5 minutes at a boil); drain and rinse under cold water; pat dry slightly with paper towels.
• 5 arrange the potatoes in the buttered dish, overlapping slighty.
• 6 sprinkle with about 1/2 - 1 teaspoon salt.
• 7 pour the maple syrup over potatoes in the dish.
• 8 dot with about 6 tablespoons butter.
• 9 cover with foil, and bake until the potatoes are almost tender (about 25-30 minutes).
• 10 in a small bowl or cup mix the flour and brown sugar together.
• 11 add in 7 tablespoons butter; rub together with fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; mix in pecans.
• 12 remove the dish from oven and sprinkle the pecan mixture over over the potatoes.
• 13 return to oven (uncovered) to bake for another 20 minutes.