Sweet Potato recipe thread--for Thanksgiving

[Coupon_Queen]

OK lets share our sweet potato/yam recipes here, whether its mashed, with nuts, or pineapple, or a pie, a baked dish, whatever! Maybe we can get a new idea from each other for Thanksgiving.
I posted the sweet potato apple bake a while back, I will probably just cook the sweet potatoes, slightly mash them with some brown sugar/cinnamon, and top with marshmallows then bake. Nothing fancy. Growing up we always had the princess canned yams, now I like to make them fresh.

[bethanyam]

Great thread! Here's mine
Sweet Potato Casserole (originally Soufle but my family had no idea what I was talking about)
1 large can and 1 small can sweet potatoes mashed well
3/4 cup of sugar (can add up to 1 cup if you like it sweeter)
1/4 cup of milk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 stick of softened butter.
Mix well with a mixer and place in 9x13 dish sprayed with cooking spray.

Topping
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup brown sugar
1 stick melted butter
2 cups of graham cracker crumbs

Mix together well and sprinkle over top.
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. You can also put it together on day, put it in the fridge overnight and bake the next day, it's just as good.

[Sylvia]

oh wow Beth, I used to do something very similar but I didn't whip the mash. I might try yours this time. I think the splenda brown sugar blend would work better with the sweet-taters whipped.

[bethanyam]

My kids when they were little would only eat sweet potatoes if they were mashed.....So I'd take a mixer mix them, a little butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and maybe a touch of ginger or cinnamon and make sweet Mashed potatoes. They would eat them great like that....but wouldn't touch one that was in a chunk.

[Bear]

Sweet Potatoes, fresh not canned, peeled and cubed
1/2 stick butter, cubed on top
1/2 cup brown sugar, sprinkled on top
1 cup Pecans, sprinked on top

Bake at 350 deg about 30-45 minutes until potatoes are tender. Yumm.

[Sylvia]

Originally Posted by bethanyam

My kids when they were little would only eat sweet potatoes if they were mashed.....So I'd take a mixer mix them, a little butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and maybe a touch of ginger or cinnamon and make sweet Mashed potatoes. They would eat them great like that....but wouldn't touch one that was in a chunk.

ha ha ha... that reminds me of my great nephew... for years everyone was under threat of death if we told him that french fries were potatoes. He hated pan fried, mashed, baked... every other way except french fried. lol

[vagabond2]

I'm picky no gooey foods for me.....

Sweet Potato fries

slice evenly (short way not the long way) 4 or 5 sweet potatoes
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
1 Tbs. orange juice
1/4 C. honey

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a pan (I use a large cookie sheet) with nonfat cooking spray. Arrange potato slices in bottom of dish. Sprinkle with cinnamon and ginger, (then flip and do the same on the other side), orange juice and drizzle the honey. Bake, covered, in preheated oven for 50-60 minutes until potatoes are soft and tender....(it depends on how thick your slices are, mine are thin like fries so 20 - 30 mins)

[floridaclipper]

I made this one last year. I don't remember where I found the recipie though. It's easy but makes quite a bit for 2 ppl (servers 8-10). I portioned and froze the left overs in free ziploc freezer bags. They held up well. The tarragon pairs well with the turkey (or Tofurkey )

Maple & Tarragon Sweet Potato

• 4 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced 1/4-inch thick
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup nonhydrogenated margarine, melted
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons dried tarragon
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Arrange the sweet potato slices in overlapping rows in an oiled shallow 2-quart casserole. In a small bowl, combine the syrup, margarine, juice, cinnamon, and salt. Pour evenly over the potatoes. Sprinkle the tarragon over the top.

Cover with lid or foil and bake, covered, for 25 to 30 minutes, or until readily pierced with a fork but still firm. Bake another 20 to 25 minutes, uncovered, or until glazed and golden around the edges