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Pecan Sweet Potatoes

Pecans and sweet potatoes: a delicious seasonal combination. ?With the slow cooker, you’ll enjoy that smell of them cooking for five sweet hours. ?A tasty holiday dish, that comes straight from your slow cooker. Serves 6 Ingredients 4 sweet potatoes (peeled and cut into 1?4-inch slices) 3/4 cups brown sugar (firmly packed) 1 (16-ounce) can whole-berry cranberry sauce 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup nonfat evaporated milk 4 tablespoons butter (cubed) 1 cup chopped pecans 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt Directions 1. Use a 4-quart slow cooker. Stagger-stack sweet potatoes in your slow cooker. Cover with the brown sugar. Squish the cranberry sauce all over the top. Mix the vanilla with the milk, and pour on top. Dot with the butter. …