Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Apples

Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Apples:

Sweet potatoes are cooked then mashed with cooked chopped apples and brown sugar, along with butter and other seasonings.


INGREDIENTS:

4 pounds sweet potatoes, cooked, peeled, sliced (about 8 cups sliced)
1/3 cup butter or margarine (banannas are a good substitute for butter, of flax seed)
2 large apples, peeled, cored and diced
1/2 cup apple juice
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
dash cinnamon, to taste, optional


PREPARATION:

Melt butter in a large saucepan or Dutch oven and cook apples until tender. Add the cooked sweet potatoes to the cooked apples; mash until smooth. Stir in apple juice, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Add cinnamon if desired. "