1/2 eaten Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows
pre marshmallow topping
We always have to have a sweet potato dish with those darn marshmallows! This has a little twist which makes it a bit more interesting. It’s easy, tasty and unique, because I make it with both marshmallows and pecan halves on top. There are probably a million different recipes for mashed sweet potatoes, but this one goes on my table this year.
Ingredients:
3 lbs. sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 inch chunks. Cook Sweet Potatoes (If you want to cheat with the canned ones, I won’t tell anyone, and what’s more is no one will know with all the other stuff in it.) Just drain them well.
1/2 cup whole milk (no skim please)
4 tablespoons unsalted butter (when I double I just add 2 tblsp. butter no need to add 8)
1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
20 big marshmallows or mini marshmallows ( as many as you can fit on top)
*40 pecan halves to cover top (you can use only marshmallows if you want) completely optional with the nuts we don’t do it
*cooking fresh sweet potatoes -Prep and wash potatoes –to expedite cooking –peel and cut into chunks before boiling or you can boil them whole and peel afterward
Place in a large pot and cover potatoes with cold water
Bring to a boil
Reduce heat and cover and simmer anywhere from 20-40 minutes depending on the size of the potatoes
Drain and cool — then mash and use in your desired recipe
Directions:
Cover sweet potatoes with cold water in a large pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for about 15 minutes or until potatoes are knife tender. Drain and return to pot. Mash potatoes with a masher, then stir in milk, butter, pineapple, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice and salt.
Transfer mixture to a 2 1/2 quart oval casserole dish, smooth out on top. If you want to make a checkerboard top, start at the top left, and alternate one marshmallow with 2 pecan halves until the entire casserole is covered. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until marshmallows are browned and puffed. If you don’t feel like doing the checkerboard, you can also sprinkle mini marshmallows on top, or some large ones. Whatever you like. This is pretty loose, but you gotta have marshmallows!
*one little tip when making a day ahead which is what I do. I assemble the sweet potatoes and I refrigerate as is till day of Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving when I am ready to put in oven, I put in oven at 350 degrees for about 1/2 hour then add the marshmallows till they brown up. Also be careful with aluminum foil on top of cooked marshmallows because they tend to stick to the foil.
*this recipe serves about 8 – 10 as a side
Cooking with Candi 