Aunt Margie's Sweet Potato Pone recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
½ cup butter, melted
1 egg, beaten
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
1 pinch ground nutmeg
2 cups grated raw sweet potatoes
1 orange, zested
½ orange, juiced

Nutrition Info

319.9 calories
carbohydrate: 43.4 g
cholesterol: 71.7 mg
fat: 16.3 g
fiber: 1.5 g
protein: 2 g
saturatedFat: 10 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 242 mg
sugar: 35.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

  2. Mix sugar, butter, egg, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Stir in sweet potatoes, orange zest, and orange juice until evenly incorporated. Pour mixture into a shallow 9x13-inch baking dish.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and bubbling, 1 hour. Serve hot or cold.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

Instead of the 'traditional' sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving, this is what our Southern family has had on the table for at least 3 generations. Great Aunt Margie (pronounced MAH-gee) was born in 1902.

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