Using a slow cooker can really simplify your Thanksgiving dinner (or any other meal, for that matter). It allows you to prep a dish earlier in the day and it frees up the oven for other things.
Sweet potatoes and apples make a delicious side dish. They cook wonderfully in the slow cooker, with a sweet, cinnamon spiced syrup.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 3 sweet potatoes
- 4 small apples
- 1/4 cup apple juice (not in photo)
- 2 Tbs. brown sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- dash nutmeg
- 1-2 additional Tbs. apple juice
- 1 tsp. cornstarch
Clean, peel and chop the apples and sweet potatoes. Put them in the crock of the slow cooker. Stir the 1/4 apple juice, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg together. Pour over the apples and sweet potatoes, stirring to coat. Cook on high for about 3 hours.
Stir 1-2 Tbs. apple juice with 1 tsp. cornstarch. Stir into the sweet potatoes and apples in the slow cooker. Let it cook for another couple minutes then serve.
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I’ve never thought of putting these two together before now. Thanks for the recipe! It sounds wonderful!
Love, love, love sweet potatoes and apples together!! Never did it in the crockpot before though! Sounds excellent, I’m so making this! Thanks!
it is fantastic i add apple pie filling to the sweet potatoes covers syrup and apple part
Yum! That sounds so good! And it’s SO easy!
This is actually my son’s favorite baby food combo! What size slow cooker are you using for this recipe?
Thanks for all of the great posts!
Sarah
Sarah, I used a 6 qt. It wasn’t all the way full. Great baby food combo!
I really really love the combination of sweet taters and apples. This is one I definitely gotta try – love that slow cooker! Thanks for sharing – keep up the good work!
Going to try this. It looks so good. Will add a pack of cran/raisins the last hour. Should be really good. What do you think?
How many people does this feed? This would be a perfect addition to our Thanksgiving meal.
Christine, the amount of potatoes and apples I cooked would feed about 8-10 people. You can increase or decrease as needed. Happy cooking!
I’m making this for Christmas dinner! Something new and refreshing. Everyone is excited to try it.
This was terrific! Everyone loved it.
A suggestion for you is to repeat the size if crock pot in each recipe as there are many sizes to be used. (And for someone who can’t quite judge it on their own, it would help.)
Thanks for all you do.
Does anyone know the nutritional information on this dish. Looks great, but I need that info for a diabetic child.
There are some websites you can search for that will let you put a recipe in and then give the nutritional info for it.
Is this to be eaten, like say mashed potatoes as a regular side dish or a dessert?
We eat it as a side dish.
HI can you make this the night before
I’m sure I’m too late to help you with this, but I think you may have trouble with the potatoes and apples turning brown if you cut them up the night before.
Cut up potatoes night before, but put them in a container with water, they stayed fresh, and perfect. Save Apple’s for same day, they’re much easier!
That’s a great tip, Brian! And it makes for an even easier morning assembly process. Thanks for sharing!
Looks delicious! What’s the best type of apple to use with this recipe? Thanks!
Whatever type you already have is usually my preference! Sweet ones seem to pair well with the potatoes, but a tart granny smith just might give it a little kick too. 🙂
I have a 2 quart crockpot will the cook time be the same
I used a 6-quart slow cooker for this recipe, so with a 2-quart you’ll want to reduce this recipe to 1/3 or maybe 1/2 of the ingredients listed. As far as cook times, I would start checking it at about 1 1/2 hours and every 15-30 minutes after that and just make note of the final time for when you make this recipe again. I’d love to know how this works out for you too!
If I double the recipe, will the cook time need to be increased?
Probably not, unless your pot is very full.
i even add pecans pieces or halves.. to make it more filling. it tastes amazing!
This was delicious! A lot of the yam/apple recipes out there use way too much sugar and butter; this one was perfect, and yet the apples still taste like apple pie filling.