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Sweet Potato Balls

SUBMITTED BY: Michele O'Sullivan

"May be frozen for later use. Just increase baking time if frozen."
PREP TIME  20 Min
COOK TIME  20 Min
READY IN  40 Min
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Original recipe yield: 8 servings
    
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INGREDIENTS

  • 3 cups peeled and chopped sweet potatoes
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
  • 8 large marshmallows
  • 1/2 cup crushed corn flake cereal

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
  2. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add sweet potatoes and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and mash with butter, sugar, milk, salt and lemon zest. Shape mixture into balls, with a marshmallow in the center of each. Roll in cereal crumbs and place in prepared dish.
  3. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until marshmallows begin to ooze.
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Reviewed on Jul. 6, 2004 by ERICAF78
These tasted wonderful, but I also absolutely could not make balls out of the mixture. I had blobs, and trying to roll it around in the corn flake crumbs was impossible too, I kinda put the crumbs on the blobs. And it seemed to work out. But what I will do next time, and it should be noted for others as well, is stick the mixture in the fridge for a while so it can be made into balls. Other than the difficulty shaping and rolling, these were great!

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Reviewed on Nov. 24, 2005 by VAL738
This was the 2nd Thanksgiving that I've made this exact recipe. I had to add crushed cornflakes TO THE potato mixture, and that helped firm it up a bit. I never thought of chilling it for awhile. I love this recipe, and so do my picky inlaws!!!

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Reviewed on Dec. 5, 2003 by TRINAELAINE
YUM! This recipe is really good! Making the potatoes into balls was a little challenging as mentioned, but after chilling it in the fridge for a while, it was workable. The only problem I had was that the marshmellows kind of disappeared from the inside. I made these ahead and froze them and then had to cook them longer, so maybe that's why. The marshmellow flavor was still there though and they were GREAT!!

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NUTRITION INFORMATION

Servings Per Recipe: 8

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 200

  • Total Fat: 6g
  • Cholesterol: 16mg
  • Sodium: 191mg
  • Total Carbs: 36.2g
  •     Dietary Fiber: 0.9g
  • Protein: 1.7g

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