Baked Sweet Potatoes with Apple Pecan Butter

1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon stone-ground mustard
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon orange peel, grated
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
3 medium sweet potatoes, sliced
3 small tart cooking apples, sliced, seeds removed

Heat oven to 375?. In 13x9-inch baking pan melt butter in oven (4 to 6 minutes). Stir in all remaining ingredients except sweet potatoes and apples. Place sweet potatoes in butter mixture, toss to coat.

Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until fork tender. Add apples, spoon butter mixture over apples. Continue baking for 15 to 20 minutes or until apples are tender.