Awesome Sweet Potato Balls
"These are adapted from an old recipe...you could roll them in coconut instead of nuts like Grandma did, but my hubby hates coconut so I changed it to pecans for us! Prep time doesn't include pre-mashing the potatoes since I do that a day ahead."
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 4 -5 large sweet potatoes, cooked, peeled, mashed
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups ground pecans
- 1⁄2 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 large marshmallows, per ball
directions
- Mix mashed sweet potatoes with brown sugar, orange juice, and nutmeg.
- In another bowl mix pecans, sugar, and cinnamon.
- Take a marshmallow, press potatoes around it, then roll in pecan mixture.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees.
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Reviews
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I tried these instead of the sweet potatoes I usually make for the holidays. I did half in nuts and half in coconut. My family kind of looked at me funny when I told them what they were, but the ones who tried them said they were good.
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As you can see, I live in Tennessee, and although I love it, I'll always be a Yankee! My hometown is Latrobe, PA....and that's where I learned to appreciate good cooking! My maternal Grandma was Italian, and she was the best cook EVER. Family dinners were absolutely ASTOUNDING at the amount and variety of food she would create. Sadly, as a child I was so picky I wouldn't even TRY half of what they put in front of me....once I grew up, I only had a few years of experimenting, and then Grandma died. If only I'd been smarter as a child- I missed out on so much excellent cooking! Since then, I scour thru all her old cookbooks and try to make up for whatever I may have missed...But most of her recipes are handwritten and the amounts listed are dubious, or sometimes missing altogether. My grandma was a wonderful cook, but LOUSY at recording her tricks of the trade!
O well.
