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Slow-Cooker Sweet Potatoes with Applesauce

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Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Nov 8, 2023
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Your slow cooker can be a lifesaver during holiday meals when sweet potatoes are a must and the oven is stuffed with turkey or ham and other fixings.

Slow-Cooker Sweet Potatoes with Applesauce

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 8 hr 15 min
  • Servings 6
  • Ingredients 6
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Ingredients

  • 3 to 4 medium sweet potatoes (2 lb), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 1/2 cups applesauce
  • 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts, toasted

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Place sweet potatoes in 2- to 3 1/2-quart slow cooker. Mix remaining ingredients except nuts; spoon over potatoes.
  • Step 
    2
    Cover and cook on low heat setting 6 to 8 hours or until potatoes are very tender.
  • Step 
    3
    Sprinkle with nuts. This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer’s directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

Nutrition

350 Calories
13 g Total Fat
3 g Protein
60 g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
350
Calories from Fat
115
Total Fat
13 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Cholesterol
0mg
Sodium
100 mg
Potassium
710 mg
Total Carbohydrate
60 g
Dietary Fiber
5 g
Protein
3 g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
100%
100%
Vitamin C
24%
24%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
8%
8%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 2 Fruit; 2 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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