Honey Butter Baked Chicken with Mashed Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Ingredients

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• 1 (3 to 3 1/2-pound) whole chicken, rinsed and patted dry shopping list
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt shopping list
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper shopping list
• 6 tablespoons honey shopping list
• 1 lemon, zested shopping list
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice shopping list
• 1 tablespoon room temperature unsalted butter shopping list
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves shopping list
• mashed sweet potatoes, recipe follows shopping list
• Mashed Sweet Potatoes: shopping list
• 2 pounds sweet potatoes shopping list
• 1/2 cup heavy cream shopping list
• 3 tablespoons light brown sugar shopping list
• 3 tablespoons butter shopping list
• 2 tablespoons cane or maple syrup shopping list
• Pinch salt and pepper shopping list
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, optional shopping list
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. shopping list
• Place the potatoes on a foil lined baking sheet and bake until tender and begins to ooze sugary syrup, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let sit until cool enough to handle. shopping list
• Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out the flesh with a spoon into a large bowl. Add the cream, sugar, butter, syrup, salt and pepper, and thyme, if using and mix, mashing until the potato mixture is smooth. Cover to keep warm until ready to serve. shopping list