Mashed candied Sweet Potatoes

Holidays are around the corner and I am gonna start getting some great holiday recipes up. I love this recipe and I eat it all year long. Read my ingredients, who wouldn’t love this candied sweet potato dish?

You’ll need:

2 pounds sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 1/2″
pieces
1/2 stick un salted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup maple syrup
Zest of one orange
2 cinnamon sticks
1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

Pre heat your oven to 400 degrees.
In a large skillet on medium heat melt the butter then add the brown sugar, zest, cinnamon sticks and syrup. Using a whisk mix this all together.
Add the sweet potatoes, salt and turn to fully coat the potatoes. Allow this to come to a boil and cook for 10 minutes.
Mix it all together again.
Place the skillet into the oven for 45 minutes turning everything together every 15 minutes.
Carefully remove the skillet and take out the cinnamon sticks.
Place everything into a bowl being sure to scrape all the syrup in the bowl as well.
Use a mixer to mash everything together.

Daniel Mancini

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