Roasted Sweet Potato Stuffing

Ingredients

4 sweet potatoes peeled and diced
olive oil
1 loaf sourdough bread cubed
1 onion diced
7 strips bacon chopped
1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme (or equivalent dried)
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
s&p

Preparation

2
Peel and dice sweet potatoes
3
Toss diced potato with olive oil and lay on parchment covered baking sheet
4
Roast for approx. 20 minutes or until you can pierce pieces with fork easily
5
At the same time lay diced sourdough on baking sheet and place in oven for approx. 5 minutes to toast
6
Saute onion in olive oil just until softened
7
Season onion with s&p
8
Fry bacon until just crispy and dice into bite sized pieces
9
In a large bowl combine sweet potato, toasted bread, onion, bacon
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Add to mixture toasted pecans and cranberries
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Add spices and season with s&p
12
Add 1 cup chicken broth slowly (just enough to moisten mixture)
13
Stuff bird with mixture or if baking:
14
Heat oven to 325 and bake for 1 hour

Tools

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Comments

Melissa Peterman's picture

Oh how lovely! My two favorite things- stuffing and sweet potatoes, I never thought about making the two of them together!

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