Holiday Sweet Potatoes
Created by JoanWagnerTeller on May 24, 2017
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 70m
- Cook Time: 1h
- Recipe #26115
Ingredients
- 2 pounds sweet potatoes (4 sweet potatoes, 8 ounces each)
- 1 tablespoon butter, approximately
- 1/2 cup sherry (not cooking sherry, or to taste)
- Salt, pinch
- 1/2 to 1 cup walnuts, chopped (English or black walnuts or pecans)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (or to taste, bread crumbs can be substituted for brown sugar)
- 1/4 cup raisins (optional)
How to Make
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Step 1: Scrub sweet potatoes and grease skins. Spear with a fork before baking.
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Step 2: Lay them on a small sheet of aluminum foil and bake at 350' for 1 hour or more, till tender to the fork.
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Step 3: Cut each potato in half and scoop potato from shells.
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Step 4: Mash potatoes enough to remove any lumps.
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Step 5: Stir in sherry, a small amount of butter, salt to taste, and chopped nuts.
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Step 6: Raisins can be added if desired.
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Step 7: Return the mixture to the shells and top with brown sugar.
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Step 8: Dot tops of potatoes with butter.
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Step 9: Heat in warm oven just long enough to melt the butter and the brown sugar.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (280.3 g)
- Calories 380.2
- Total Fat - 12.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.8 g
- Cholesterol - 7.6 mg
- Sodium - 49.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 63.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7 g
- Sugars - 31.4 g
- Protein - 8.4 g
- Calcium - 88.6 mg
- Iron - 8 mg
- Vitamin C - 26.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg