SWEET POTATO KUGEL
5 lbs. sweet potatoes (about 8 cups)
2 apples (I use cameo apples, but any crisp apple is good)
6 eggs
1 cup raisins (You could also use dates. Just chop them and skip soaking.)
½ cup orange juice (or the juice of one orange)
½ cup walnuts, crushed to small pieces
½ cup pecan halves
1 ½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon powdered ginger
¾ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cloves
butter for greasing (I've used Pam before and it works just fine)
1) Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 9x12 cake pan with butter.
2) In a small bowl, soak the raisins in orange juice, adding water so the raisins are covered. (You can speed up the plumping by microwaving for 30-45 seconds.)
3) Peel the sweet potatoes. Using a grater blade on a food processor or a box grater, grate them. Put the grated sweet potatoes in a large mixing bowl.
4) Beat the eggs (The fluffier they are, the fluffier your kugel). Mix into sweet potatoes.
5) Grate the apples, add to the sweet tater & egg mixture.
6) Stir in the salt and spices.
7) Add the raisins and soaking liquids. Stir.
8) Pour/scoop mixture into your cake pan, smoothing flat.
9) Sprinkle with pecans and walnuts, pressing them a little into the kugel.
10) Bake 45 minutes or so, until the edges are a little browned and the top gets golden. Let it cool a bit, then cut into 24 pieces, but know that everyone will probably want more than one.
Calculations
TOTAL: 3936 calories, 111g fat, 93.1g fiber, $10.59
PER SERVING (TOTAL/24): 164 calories, 4.6g fat, 3.9g fiber, $0.44
PER (LARGER) SERVING (TOTAL/12): 328 calories, 9.3g fat, 7.8g fiber, $0.88
