This cinnamon roasted sweet potatoes and apples recipe is a healthy and easy fall side dish. Made with only 6 nutritious ingredients including pure maple syrup and ground cinnamon, it's a perfect dish to serve on Thanksgiving.
In a large bowl, toss cubed sweet potatoes with 2 TBS of melted coconut oil. Stir until coated.
Add sea salt and stir until evenly distributed.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 min, stirring halfway through, until sweet potatoes just barely start to brown.
While the sweet potatoes are baking: stir the remaining 1 TBS of coconut oil into the apples. Add maple syrup and cinnamon and stir to combined.
After 20 minutes, or the sweet potatoes have begun to brown, remove the sweet potatoes from oven and add the apple mixture and stir to combine.
Return to the oven and bake for 20 more minutes, stirring halfway through.
Once the sweet potatoes and apples are browned and the maple syrup has caramelized on them remove them from the oven and serve immediately!
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Store
Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Reheat in the microwave or to restore crispiness in the oven.Ingredient Substitutions
Sweet potatoes. Any variety of sweet potato works well in this recipe, classic orange is pictured here, but both purple and white sweet potatoes can be used! Yams are also a totally delicious substitution for sweet potatoes!
Apples. I have used many different apple varieties to make this roasted apple sweet potato recipe including: Pink Ladies, Gala, Granny Smith, and Honeycrisp. Really any variety works great in this recipe, however you need to choose what flavor profile you want - tart? sweet? a mix? The sky's the limit!
Coconut Oil. Butter, olive oil, ghee and avocado oil can all be used in place of coconut oil. However, please be mindful of the way the taste/texture of the oil will change the overall taste of the dish!
Maple syrup. Pretty please, I implore you to only use pure maple syrup (no artificial substitutes). Honey can also be used; however, the maple syrup adds such a rich fall flavor that I don't recommend switching it out!