Sweet Potatoes for Those of Us Who Aren't Crazy for the Sweet Potatoes...

I have three recipes that I use for sweet potatoes.
1. Roast the sweet potatoes at 400 degrees until soft. Once they are cool, peel them and mash, add one can of crushed pineapple (juices too) and a pinch of cinnamon.

2. Roast the potatoes again, peel and then slice into 1/2" rounds then drizzle with a little honey or maple syrup.

3. This is my favorite (my kids too) by Tyler Florence. I have made this for many sweet potato haters and they loved them.
I have never put the brown sugar pecan topping on, it just always seemed too sweet and they are wonderful without them. I also don't use a whole stick of butter.
You can roast the potatoes and bananas ahead of time, then put it all together just before serving. Then heat it up in the oven.

5 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed
4 bananas, unpeeled
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup honey
Kosher salt
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Prick the sweet potatoes all over with a fork, put them in a roasting pan and roast for 30 minutes. Toss the bananas into the pan and continue roasting for 10 to 15 minutes, until both the bananas and potatoes are very soft. Remove the pan from the oven but don't turn the oven off.

When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, scoop out the flesh into a large mixing bowl. Peel the bananas and add them to the bowl along with 1 stick of the butter, and the honey. Season with salt and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until everything's well combined and the mixture is fluffy. Spoon into an oven-proof serving bowl and smooth the top.

In a separate mixing bowl, use your fingers to rub together the remaining stick of butter, the brown sugar, flour, and pecans until the mixture is the consistency of coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the sweet potatoes and return to the oven. Cook for about 20 minutes, until the crumbs are golden. Serve hot.

These are awesome. My mother-in-law is a pretty picky eater and won't eat sweet potatoes but she tried these and really likes them. Good luck.

Sweet Potato Casserole

4 to 5 sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
¼ to 1/3 cup brown sugar
¾ stick butter
2 eggs
2 teaspoons corn starch

Mix above. Pour into grease baking dish.

Bake at 450 for 15 minutes.

Add topping. Bake another 10 to 15 minutes until brown.

Topping

1 cup crushed cornflakes
1 cup coconut
½ cup pecan pieces
½ brown sugar
¾ cup (or less) melted butter

Mix well, spread over casserole.

My favorite and my daughter's favorite is a sweet potato casserole. First, bake 4-3 large sweet potatoes, let cool, and scoop out insides into large bowl. Add to this 2 Tbsp. butter, an egg wisked with a little milk, 1/4 cup sugar, a dash of salt, 1 tsp. vanilla, and a dash of cinnamon. Beat together and pour into a buttered casserole dish. Top with this topping: Mix until crumbly--2 Tbsp. melted butter, 1/2 cup lt. brown sugar, 1/4 cup flour, and 1/2 cup chopped pecans. Bake @ 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Yum! It tastes more like dessert than a side dish. Enjoy.

I used to hate sweet potatoes the way my mom made them - with brown sugar and marshmallows on top. Then I realized i just hate them that way. now we make them mashed with a touch of maple syrup, a big glop of sour cream, butter, a chopped chipotle pepper, salt and pepper. yum!

My gram taught me to make Candied sweet potatoes and they are yummy.

you will need:
Sweet potatoes
butter/margarine ( sticks)
brown suger
syrup

Prep: Cut the sweet potatoes length wise put one layer in a pan ( I use pan like I would make pasta in, not too shallow not too deep) after you place your first layer place a piece of butter and some brown suger and a little syrup, do you next layer the same, continue until all potatoes are done. top layer put a little extra syrup. Cook unitl potatoes are soft ( MY younger son LOVES THEM and he would never eat them)

another way is to cook the potaoes in the oven or microwave put in a bowl and mash them, use butter and cinnaman or cinnaman/suger. My kids like these too.

Good luck
C. Petras
AVON REP