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Smoked Candied Sweet Potatoes

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 lbs Sweet Potatoes
  • 1 cup + 1 tbsp Light Brown Sugar
  • 1/4 cup Orange Juice, freshly squeezed from typically 1 large orange
  • 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp Light Corn Syrup
  • 6 tbsp Unsalted Butter, cut into cubes
  • 1 Naval Orange, peeled and thinly sliced

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat grill to 350°F, set up for indirect cooking.
  • Cook whole sweet potatoes on the grill for 30-45 minutes, turning halfway through.
  • Cool sweet potatoes and then peel them. (Peel removes very easily once cooled.)
  • Cut sweet potatoes into ¼” thick rounds.
  • Lay the sweet potatoes into a backing dish.
  • Sprinkle1 c. brown sugar evenly over the sweet potatoes.
  • Drizzle with orange juice and also 1 c. corn syrup.
  • Place cubes of butter on the sweet potatoes.
  • Place the orange slices on the sweet potatoes.
  • Drizzle the remaining 1 T. corn sugar and 1 T. brown sugar on the orange slices.
  • Place the baking dish, uncovered, on the grill, and bake for 30-45 minutes.