Thanksgiving receipt

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Maybe skip the sweet potatoes and add an extra bag of marshmallows...

[Bad JuJu]

Mine's a tiny bit more involved, but it bakes up nice and fluffy, hence the name: Sweet Potato Souffle.

6 sweet potatoes, cooked & mashed
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 t. cinnamon
Dash of salt
3 eggs
½ cup heavy cream
1 t. vanilla
½ cup chopped walnuts
Mini-marshmallows for garnish

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients except marshmallows, adding the eggs one at a time. Pour into a buttered baking dish and top with marshmallows. Bake 35 minutes.

Mmmmmmm.....................

[suzieqtwa]

They sound good ,but I could do with out the raisins ,and pinapples. Ju Ju ..yours sounds perfect. Maybe skip the heavy cream ,and use milk.
Thanks for the suggestions.

[Bad JuJu]

They sound good ,but I could do with out the raisins ,and pinapples. Ju Ju ..yours sounds perfect. Maybe skip the heavy cream ,and use milk.
Thanks for the suggestions.

Yes, Suz, I've actually used milk in a pinch--don't often have a jug of heavy cream lying around LOL. But use less of it--you don't want the stuff too viscous or it won't bake up right.

[wannaduacentury]

Mine's a tiny bit more involved, but it bakes up nice and fluffy, hence the name: Sweet Potato Souffle.

6 sweet potatoes, cooked & mashed
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 t. cinnamon
Dash of salt
3 eggs
½ cup heavy cream
1 t. vanilla
½ cup chopped walnuts
Mini-marshmallows for garnish

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients except marshmallows, adding the eggs one at a time. Pour into a buttered baking dish and top with marshmallows. Bake 35 minutes.

Mmmmmmm.....................

Yes, this is like the recipe I use use- give or take an ingredient or 2(I usually don't put raisins, but lots of marshmellows). One of my all time favorites. and I've got sweet potatoes too that will be ready by t-day Jennifer

[MomOnBike]

Odd, I was unaware that sweet potatoes are edible.

The things one learns around here...

[SadieKate]

Never fear, Mom. I learned as an adult (or what I can pass off as one) that sweet potatoes are yummy. It's all in the amount of butter and maple syrup.

Just smush up some baked SPs (about 8 small ones and not yams! )

Mash in:
a skimpy 1/2 cup maple syrup (grade B or the darker one is best)
1 stick of butter
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger

Fold in about 1/2 chopped fresh toasted pecans (that's pee-cans )

Put in a casserole (and refrigerate to the next day if desired)

Toss some more chopped pee-cans on top, drizzle on more maple syrup and reheat in a 375 degree oven.

So it's basically sweet potato pie filling without the egg and dairy. I have converted many a skeptic and watched them go back for seconds.

[7rider]

Just smush up some baked SPs (about 8 small ones and not yams! )

Okay.....
What the heck IS the difference b/t a sweet potato and a yam??????

[SadieKate]

The label . . . and the taste. I really don't care for what we Amurcans call yams.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/myster...eetpotato.html

[spokewench]

Odd, I was unaware that sweet potatoes are edible.

The things one learns around here...

Yeah, sweet potatoes are edible - actually quite good - BUT WHY OH WHY would anyone put all that sweet c - - - on them! They're plenty sweet by themselves!

Sorry gals, can't stand that stuff!

[withm]

My mother always called it a "receipt" too, or a "rule" - but never a recipe. Wonder how those terms came into use (or how they fell from common use)?

I could never stomach sweet potatoes with all that syrup and marshmallow junk. I found this recipe in the Washington Post many years ago. I'll make it with just one big sweet potato, and it's dinner.

Rosemary Roasted Sweet Potatoes (Wash Post 19 Nov 2000)

2 pounds sweet potatoes peeled, and cut into 1/2" cubes.

2 tsp minced garlic
1 T. Rosemary leaves
2 T. Olive Oil

1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
1 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper

Preheat oven to 375. In large bowl, toss together the sweet potatoes, garlic, rosemary and oil. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet, spreading the potatoes into a single layer. (for just one potato, I do this in my 9" Le Creuset skillet).

Bake until tender, about 50 minutes. Add the parsley, salt and pepper and toss to coat. Transfer to a serving bowl, (er, that would be a plate) and serve immediately.

[suzieqtwa]

Thanks everyone...Withm, yours looks good too......I lived in Delaware for 15 years (Wilmington). I love just a baked sweet potato ,but Im having 11 people over ,so I thought I would make something fancy.

[bmccasland]

My mother always called it a "receipt" too, or a "rule" - but never a recipe. Wonder how those terms came into use (or how they fell from common use)?

Now don't ask me for a reference - but I heard in the early days it was "receipt" because one would keep all your books in the library, clean and dry, so to use a recipe you'd write out a receipt of the ingredients to take to the kitchen.

and I agree with Hub - it's "pa Cahns". In fact I just bought a pecan praline (pa-cahn pra-leen (the "pra" rhymes with bra)) at farmers market this morning. My indulgence...