Orange Cup Sweet Potatoes
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Orange Cup Sweet Potatoes add a bright citrus to your sweet potatoes and a beautiful fall color to your holiday table. They’re perfect to make for two or a crowd.
I don’t want to be the first to tell you, but the holidays are right around the corner, like in two weeks right around the corner! It hasn’t sunk in yet because I haven’t entered the panic mode yet. I think it’s more like I’m in denial. Just thinking about these Orange Cup Sweet Potatoes gets me in the mood.
I always host my husbands’ family for Thanksgiving. The family is growing, and the dynamics have changed. Our children are having children. That is what holidays are about. Enjoying family and appreciating family members while you can.
My mother-in-law used to host most of the holidays but has passed the culinary torch to me and my sister-in-law. She gave me this cookbook recently. This cookbook was produced as a fundraiser and is a compilation of recipes by the best professional and at-home cooks in Omaha. That’s what it claims anyway. There are several recipes that I will be trying![Tweet “Orange Cup Sweet Potatoes are perfect for two or a crowd! #holiday #recipe”]
I recently made this “Orange Cup Sweet Potato” recipe. It was delicious and the oranges provided a nice bright sweetness to the sweet potatoes. There isn’t anything difficult about this recipe and would be perfect for a smaller Thanksgiving gathering.
Orange Cup Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 3 navel oranges halved
- 2 cans sweet potatoes drained (15 oz each)
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar packed
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Working over a bowl, remove all pulp, membrane and juice from each orange using a grapefruit knife. Discard membrane. Arrange the orange cups in a cupcake pan or a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- In a medium bowl, mash sweet potatoes and add cream, salt, and brown sugar. Stir to combine. Stir in reserved orange pulp and juices and blend well.
- Fill orange cups with mixture, and top with marshmallows pressed into the potatoes.
- Bake for 20 minutes until heated through and browned.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.
What is on your menu this Thanksgiving? Are you cooking or visiting? Big crowd or little gathering? Don’t forget the wine. Families get along best with wine
I’m sharing this recipe with my friends over at Fiesta Friday. I’m sure I’ll pick up a few Thanksgiving dishes today too.
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There are a great way to use sweet potatoes. Too many people think of the ones in the can when you mention sweet potato or yams.
Absolutely fantastic
Yes I was going to say that Julie. They retained their orange color and the look as well. Delish recipe 🙂
Thank you for visiting. I really appreciate it!
The individual servings are always good for parties. I love the Orange cup idea, Julie. These look so good, too. 🙂
Thank you Jhuls! I was very happy with the way they turned out. They retained their beautiful orange color. Have a great day!
I just had a discussion the other week pre and against marshmallows when it comes to sweet potatoes! I had never heard of it until then but looking at yours here, it does seem to make so much sense!
We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving but I wills ave this recipe for Christmas! 🙂
I can give or take the marshmellows too. The recipe actually called for two cups! No way. Just a few worked for me. Thanks Petra for visiting and have a great week.
I love the individual servings, cute and perfect for company, also like how simple and quick it is to put together, great recipe:)
Julie, this dish is just so creative!! Using the oranges as cups is just so creative! Love the flavors too 🙂
Thank you! I really loved the chunks of orange in the filling.
Can’t wait to try this one Julie! Thank you.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it. The orange mixed with the sweet potato was delicious!
This is right up my alley. Love the sweet potato – orange combination and it is easy to make! Perfect! Thanks for bringing this to FF! 🙂
Thanks for commenting Arl! Have a great weekend.
These look really yummy. We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving here in the UK of course, but I do enjoy all the related foods still! I was in the US for it last year and it was so much fun to celebrate it, going to miss it this year though. I hope you have a great one Julie!
No Thanksgiving? I think you should start it and call it Thanks to Michelle and make it a foodie holiday! That is basically what it is here, we don’t sit around thanking our ancestors/pilgrims, we just eat!
Now that sounds like a great plan, I wonder how many people I could get behind it haha!
Hey Julie,
The orange cupcakes look so delicious and the recipe’s has me drooling. This sounds like a great recipe I am going to try. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank you Shamin! Have a lovely weekend!
Oh my goodness, it took me a few seconds to realize they are actually baked in orange halves!!! Brilliant! I really like the combination of orange with the sweet potato; I bet that tastes awesome!
Thank you for stopping Lina! There were nice chunks of orange in this filling, made all the sweeter by baking.
Welcome again Julie……my, you have been busy haven’t you? I love your Orange Cup Sweet Potatoes – a great addition to any Thanksgiving feast. Good luck with your Thanksgiving feast, I just love this time of the year with all that warmth and goodness that we share with one another. This year though, we are taking a week off for Thanksgiving and heading somewhere warm with our adult children – Puerto Rico is the destination of choice, I just hope we find turkey and stuffing somewhere :). Love your last line “families get along better with wine”.. ha ha! So, so true!!!
I have been through Puerto Rico but never stayed. I wold love to spend some time there. You will have to fill us in when you get back.