Baked Filled Sweet Potatoes

Name: Baked Filled Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 medium yams; 1 tablespoon shortening; 12 pork sausage links; 1/2 cup hot orange juice; 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 1 teaspoon grated orange peel; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Submitted by Recipe Junkie

"From my mom's recipe file"

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Ready In:: 1hr 5mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 6

ingredients

6 medium yams
1 tablespoon shortening
12 pork sausage links
¹⁄₂ cup hot orange juice
3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1 teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon nutmeg

directions

Rub potato skins with shortening.
Bake in a 450 oven for 45-60 minutes.
While potatoes are baking, pan broil pork sausage links.
Drain on paper towels and keep warm.
When sweet potatoes are tender, cut each potato in half lengthwise.
Scoop out inside of the potato without breaking skin.
Mash or rice potato.
Whip in hot orange juice, butter, brown sugar, orange peel, salt and nutmeg.
Pile mixture lightly into potato shells.
Top each with 2 sausage links.
Bake in a 350 oven 8-10 minutes longer, or until potatoes are reheated and browned lightly.