Baked Sweet Potatoes

Farmer’s Market

4 medium sweet potatoes

½ cup golden raisins

¼ cup tablespoons dark brown sugar

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, drained

¼ cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 400-degrees. Prick potatoes with a fork and place on a baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake for 1 hour or until done. Place on wire rack and let cool for about 15 minutes. Cut each potato in half lengthwise. Carefully scoop pulp into a bowl, leaving shells intact. Mash pulp and stir in raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon and pineapple. Spoon into shells and sprinkle with pecans. Return to oven and bake for another 15 minutes or until heated thru.

Yield: 4 servings.

Carolyn Gass Hardimon, M. S. Home Economist