SWEET POTATO AND CARAMELIZED APPLE CASSEROLE

Ingredients

• 3 medium sweet potatoes or yams
• 1/4 cup salted butter, melted
• 2 tbsp whipping cream
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground cardamom
• 1/8 tsp freshly ground pepper
• 3 cups cubed peeled Granny Smith apples (1/2 inch)
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp salted butter
• 1/2 cup toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Prick sweet potatoes with a fork. Place sweet potatoes in a baking dish.
3. Bake until tender, about 1 – 1 1/2 hours; cool.
4. When cool enough to handle, peel sweet potatoes and place in a bowl. Mash with a potato masher until smooth. There should be about 4 cups. Add melted butter, whipping cream, salt, cinnamon, cardamom and pepper; stir until combined. Spoon sweet potato mixture into a greased 3 quart baking dish; set aside.
5. Preheat oven to 375°F.
6. To prepare apple topping, place apples in a bowl. Add sugar and 1/8 tsp cinnamon; toss to coat. Melt 2 tbsp butter in a large nonstick frypan over medium-high heat. Add sugar-coated apples and cook, stirring occasionally, until apples are golden brown, about 8 minutes. Stir in walnuts. Top sweet potato mixture with apple topping.
7. Bake, uncovered, until heated through, about 20 minutes.