Gingersnap Sweet Potatoes

Name: Gingersnap Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar; 59 milliliters cold butter or margarine, cut into pieces; 118 milliliters butter or margarine, melted; 2 larges eggs; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 32 coarsely crushed gingersnap cookies (we tested with Nabisco); 79 milliliters half-and-half; 2 kilograms sweet potatoes; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 485 calories. This recipe serves 10. If you have vanillan extract, half-and-half, sweet potatoes, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cook sweet potatoes in a Dutch oven in boiling water to cover over medium heat 30 minutes or until tender. Cool; peel and mash potatoes.

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Sweet Potato

Potato

Water

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Dutch Oven

Combine mashed sweet potato, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and next 4 ingredients in a mixing bowl; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. (Or mash with a potato masher until smooth.) Spoon into a greased 2 1/2-quart or 13" x 9" baking dish.

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Sweet Potato

Brown Sugar

Potato

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Hand Mixer

Potato Masher

Baking Pan

Mixing Bowl

Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar and flour.

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Brown Sugar

All Purpose Flour

Cut in 1/4 cup cold butter with a pastry blender until crumbly. Stir in crushed gingersnaps.

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Gingersnap Cookies

Butter

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Blender

Sprinkle streusel over sweet potato.

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Sweet Potato

Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 25 minutes or until streusel is lightly browned.

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Oven

Make Ahead: Prepare sweet potato filling, and spoon into a greased 2 1/2-quart microwave-safe dish. Cover and chill overnight. Microwave at HIGH 10 minutes or until hot. Prepare streusel, and sprinkle over filling.

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Sweet Potato

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Microwave