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Dads Sweet Potatoes Recipe


Dads Sweet Potatoes Recipe
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My Dad is in charge of the sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving and Christmas. I'm not a sweet potato lover, but, everyone loves them and there is never any leftover. He uses canned sweet potatoes, and, since everything else they make is from scratch, I ... More

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Ingredients
  • 2 large cans sweet potatoes
  • 2 T butter or margarine
  • 3 T brown sugar
  • 2 pinches cinnamon
  • juice from one orange
  • large marshmallows

Directions
  1. Cook sweet potatoes on stove with butter, about 15 minutes, with liquid from can simmering
  2. Drain liquid off
  3. * Or peel fresh sweet potatoes, cut into chunks, and cook in water and butter until done for mashing, and drain liquid off *
  4. Over low heat, Add brown sugar, cinnamon, and squeeze orange over the pan, allowing some flesh to fall into the potatoes
  5. Mash by hand with potatoe masher
  6. Transfer to baking dish, (he uses the deep square corning ware dish)
  7. Cover entirely with rows of large marshmallows
  8. Place under broiler, on bottom rack, until marshmallows have browned

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I love sweet potatoes! Tell your Dad this gets a HIGH FIVE, will you please? Better yet-- how be I come to your house for dinner? !!! LOL! :+D


Wow your dads gotta great recipe for sweet taters yum thnaks to you and him high5


I like your new fall look.

The foods of fall are so feel good.

Thank-you for this really nice recipe,and in sharing your family tradition.

Hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

Kind Regards


Omg i have a cartoon turkey that thinks hes a peacock to look at hahahaha its funny tho ..............lol
ok yes i loves dads sweet potatoes

five

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Sounds good, I think I posted a really good one quite some time ago that has apple slices in it. Check that one out as it's really yummie. Got that recipe from my neighbor years ago. You have my 5 for this one.


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