Meringue and Streusel-Topped Sweet Potatoes

Name: Meringue and Streusel-Topped Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter, melted; 4 larges egg whites; 2 larges eggs; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 552 milliliters granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 118 milliliters half-and-half; 118 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 1 teaspoons maple flavoring; 79 milliliters maple syrup; 158 milliliters chopped pecans; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 kilograms cups cubed peeled sweet potatoes (about; 237 milliliters sweetened dried cranberries, coarsely chopped; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Meringue and Streusel-Topped Sweet Potatoes a try. This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 327 calories, 4g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have maple syrup, granulated sugar, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare sweet potato puree, place sweet potatoes in a stockpot, and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes or until tender.

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Sweet Potato Puree

Sweet Potato

Water

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Pot

Drain potatoes; place in a large bowl.

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Potato

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Bowl

Add cranberries and next 7 ingredients (through eggs); beat with a mixer at high speed for 2 minutes or until smooth. Spoon sweet potato puree into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

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Sweet Potato Puree

Cooking Spray

Cranberries

Egg

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Baking Pan

Blender

To prepare streusel, combine pecans, brown sugar, flour, butter, and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon.

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Brown Sugar

Cinnamon

Butter

Pecans

All Purpose Flour

Sprinkle the streusel evenly over sweet potato puree.

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Sweet Potato Puree

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes; remove from oven (do not turn oven off).

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Oven

To prepare meringue, place the egg whites in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form using clean, dry beaters. Gradually add granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form (about 4 minutes). Spoon meringue into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe meringue in a lattice design over streusel.

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Granulated Sugar