Inspired by Gina's Skinny Recipes
I have been super busy
between finals and the holidays that I have gotten very behind on updating my blog. So, to show just how behind I am, I decided to post one of my Thanksgiving recipes, even though Thanksgiving was a long
time ago! This recipe is really good, so I think that it will still be good to
post even though we’re now past the winter holidays. I found this recipe on one
of my favorite Recipe Blogs, which was the place I found the Baked Chicken Nuggets recipe.
This recipe was very easy to make the weekend before Thanksgiving. I then froze it and then defrosted it in the microwave when I needed it. I made the recipe even easier by using Schwann's Sweet Potatoes, about a 1 1/4 bags worth. These just needed to be put in the microwave and didn't need to be cut or peeled .I added some brown sugar to the sweet potatoes, because I thought they needed to be a little sweeter. The picture above was actually some of the leftover sweet potatoes that I added a little brown sugar to the top in a small ramekin to recreate the dish. I am not a huge fan of leftovers, but doing it this way made the leftover sweet potatoes taste as good as the first time.
This recipe was very easy to make the weekend before Thanksgiving. I then froze it and then defrosted it in the microwave when I needed it. I made the recipe even easier by using Schwann's Sweet Potatoes, about a 1 1/4 bags worth. These just needed to be put in the microwave and didn't need to be cut or peeled .I added some brown sugar to the sweet potatoes, because I thought they needed to be a little sweeter. The picture above was actually some of the leftover sweet potatoes that I added a little brown sugar to the top in a small ramekin to recreate the dish. I am not a huge fan of leftovers, but doing it this way made the leftover sweet potatoes taste as good as the first time.
Ingredients
Directions
1. Cut sweet Potatoes into small chunks and boil until tender and soft (a fork can easily be inserted into them).
2. Add sweet potatoes, milk, butter, salt, cinnamon and 1/4 cup of the brown sugar and mash together.
3. Add to a 9 by 13 inch pan and add the 1 cup of brown sugar to the top.
4. At this step you have two options to caramelize the brown sugar. Both methods must be done with care in order to not burn the sugar.
Option 1 (easy method): Broil the sweet potatoes under the broiler for a couple minutes (the original recipe says about 2 minutes)
Option 2 (fun method): Use a blow torch and caramelize the sugar.
- 6 cups sweet potatoes
- 3/4 cup skim milk
- 3 Tbs. light butter
- 1/2 teas. salt
- 1/3 teas. ground cinnamon
- 1 1/4 cup unpacked light brown sugar (divided into 1 cup and 1/4 cup)
Directions
1. Cut sweet Potatoes into small chunks and boil until tender and soft (a fork can easily be inserted into them).
2. Add sweet potatoes, milk, butter, salt, cinnamon and 1/4 cup of the brown sugar and mash together.
3. Add to a 9 by 13 inch pan and add the 1 cup of brown sugar to the top.
4. At this step you have two options to caramelize the brown sugar. Both methods must be done with care in order to not burn the sugar.
Option 1 (easy method): Broil the sweet potatoes under the broiler for a couple minutes (the original recipe says about 2 minutes)
Option 2 (fun method): Use a blow torch and caramelize the sugar.
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| I got so many compliments from these! |
I used these turkeys for place settings, and I thought they were so cute! My Mom and I put them together. If you want to make these follow the easy instructions at Our Best Bites. For the white chocolate version, use golden oreos, white chocolate mini reeses cup, Jordan almonds, and white frosting to hold it all together. If you have anyquestions let me know!!
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| The kitchen helper still looking for food (instead she found a step ladder) |
Now this looks like a dessert that is worth the calories!
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