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Cooking & Baking

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Glassunion

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9. I'm going to second Cbayer's suggestion
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 01:21 PM
Nov 2012

When you roast them, the caramelizing brings out an additional flavor. The salty/sweet notes of a lightly caramelized sweet potato rocks!

If you have some time try this for a dessert.

Roast the sweet potatoes then add them to a bowl.
Add a pat of butter and a few tablespoons of dark brown sugar and mix well, then let it cool.
In a separate bowl combine coconut flakes and a small amount of light brown sugar and mix well.
Once the potatoes are cool, mash them and add a pinch of all spice to taste.
Take tennis ball sized amounts of the mashed potatoes, and jam a marshmallow in the middle completely encapsulating them.
Roll the balls in the coconut mixture and place on a greased baking tray.
Bake at 375 for about 10 to 15 minutes but keep checking them often. Once you see some marshmallow oozing out of one of them, they are done.

Then end result should be a crispy outside with a gooey yummy mess on the inside.

Anyone well-versed on [View all] babylonsister Nov 2012 OP
Sweet potatoes cook a lot faster than regular potatoes. cbayer Nov 2012 #1
I poke holes mercuryblues Nov 2012 #2
I use sweet potatoes in lots of recipes. yellerpup Nov 2012 #3
We grill them sometimes. Other times we nuke them. Stinky The Clown Nov 2012 #4
Well versed and been experimenting this year MrMickeysMom Nov 2012 #5
Wash, poke w fork 2 times on each side, elleng Nov 2012 #6
That's how I do them, too. GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #8
So you don't wrap them? babylonsister Nov 2012 #10
conventional oven takes much less time if you halve them grasswire Nov 2012 #7
I'm going to second Cbayer's suggestion Glassunion Nov 2012 #9
THANKS, everyone. I do babylonsister Nov 2012 #11
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