Sausage, sweet potatoes and apples. It sounds like a crazy combination but this recipe was a favorite in our household growing up. It's perfect mix of sweet, salty and a little spicy. I'm not sure where my mother found the original recipe, but here is the version that she taught me. Normally I would use canned sweet potatoes but this week I had a few butternut squash from my garden that were ripe so I used them instead. It didn't taste too far off but I will say that I prefer this recipe with sweet potatoes instead.
Ingredients
- 1lb sage flavored pork sausage
- 2-4 apples (any variety will work)
- 1 large can of sweet potatoes or yams (I used 2 small butternut squash)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
Preparation
Brown and crumble the sausage and drain the fat off. Cut the sweet potatoes into bit sized pieces. Peel and cut the apples into bite sized pieces. Combine all of the ingredients in a 13x9 baking dish. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. You want the apples and sweet potatoes to be soft.
Because I used fresh squash it took closer to an hour before the squash was soft. You can use fresh sweet potatoes but the canned ones reduce the cooking time. This is the type of casserole that only gets better the next day. I love eating the leftovers for breakfast but it's great for any meal!
Happy Cooking!
Jenny
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