We celebrated the baby's first birthday this past week by having Thanksgiving dinner - here's one of our favorites:
Ingredients:
6 med. sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces
1 stick butter - melted
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1/3 c. orange juice
1/4 c. brandy (optional, but I strongly recommend it - substitute more oj if you prefer)
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1-1/2 tsp. salt
1-1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1-1/2 tsp. each dried lemon and dried orange peel
1 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. each ground cloves and ground nutmeg
Directions:
* Steam sweet potatoes until soft & falling apart when tested with with fork.
(You may also bake or microwave them in the skin and then peel them,
just make sure they're thoroughly cooked)
* While sweet potatoes are cooking, toss all dry ingredients into a
small bowl and mix together with fork
* Mash sweet potatoes (or process) and allow to cool slightly
* Add melted butter, beat together at slow speed
* Blend in eggs gradually
* Blend in orange juice and brandy
* Blend in brown sugar, then spices, then vanilla
Pour mixture into buttered 13x9 pan, bake 45 min. at 350* or until edges are slightly browned and pulling away from edges.
Options:
You can toss 1 c. mini marshmallows on top during the last 10 minutes (the kids like it this way) but it is sweet enough without them, and reheats better without them, too.
Adjust spices to taste - I always round up.
Be generous with the brandy!!! ;-)
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Interesting - my family always did candied sweet potatoes, which I luuuuuuv - cook the 'taters, peel and slice. Fry in butter and brown sugar until soft through. (We use an electric skillet, probably simply because it holds more and the stove burners are otherwise occupied on Thanksgiving!)
I might try this...but not 'til AFTER the wedding. ;-)
Mmmmmm.....fried in butter and brown sugar....
Yes - would you be surprised to hear that our family tends to die of heart attacks? :-p
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