sweet potatoes

Ingredients

• 3 large yams
• 1 15oz cans pineapple, in own juice (not heavy syrup)
• 1 - lemon
• 1 - orange
• 1 - tangerine
• 1 - apple, granny smith, or fugi (a hard apple)
• 3/4 cup sparkling apple cider
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• 4 tablespoons turbinado or dark brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons dark molasses
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves
• 1 - 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste