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Sweet Potato Balls

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 4-6

Ingredients

4 large sweet potatoes
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
2 cups shredded coconut
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
8 large marshmallows

Preparation

  1. Bake the potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them (the potatoes can be baked the day before). Stir in the sugar, orange juice, zest, and nutmeg. Toss the coconut with the sugar and cinnamon. Press mashed potatoes around each marshmallow, then roll the balls in the coconut mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Watch carefully for the last few minutes of cooking; the expanding marshmallows can cause the potato balls to burst open. These are wonderful served with turkey or ham.

Paula Deen's Kitchen Classics
TagsFritterAmericanSweet PotatoPotatoRoot VegetableVegetableOrangeCitrusFruitCoconutMarshmallowSideDinnerGluten FreeDairy FreeEasyOven BakeFallCookbooks
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