Sunday, November 14, 2010

Really Easy Mashed Sweet Potatoes

I love sweet potatoes, but I find that most recipes for mashed sweet potatoes taste more like pie filling than a vegetable side.  I came up with this simple recipe that can be made sweeter if desired, but tastes great as is (especially to sweet potato lovers).

Ingredients
3 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled
1 stick of butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup brown sugar 
2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions
  1. Steam sweet potatoes for 20-30 minutes until tender (do not boil...they will fall apart in the water)
  2. Melt butter in a large sauce pan. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. 
  3. Remove from heat.  Add sweet potatoes to pot and mash into cream mixture using a fork or potato mixer.  Combine ingredients and return to stove to rewarm
  4. Add additional or different seasonings as desired.  You can substitute honey, lemon and ginger for the cinnamon and nutmeg combination.

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