Outta Sight Sweet Potato Turnovers

Name: Outta Sight Sweet Potato Turnovers
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons anise extract; 158 milliliters whole blanched almonds, ground in food processor; 59 milliliters brown sugar; 1 egg, beaten; 59 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 Tbsp honey; 1 lemon, zested; 4 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed; 907 grams sweet potatoes, whole and unpeeled

Watching your figure? This dairy free and vegetarian recipe has 200 calories, 3g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 36. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up granulated sugar, ground cinnamon, honey, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes.

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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Oven

Put the potatoes in a medium pot and cover with water. Bring water to a boil over medium heat and cook until soft, approximately 20 minutes. Use a fork to pierce the potato to see if it is tender.

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Potato

Water

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Pot

Drain the potatoes and let to cool.

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Potato

When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel off the skin.

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Potato

Cut the potatoes into large chunks and add to a mixing bowl. Mash with a potato masher or fork.

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Potato

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Add the sugars and mix thoroughly. Stir in the lemon zest, ground almonds, cinnamon, anise extract and honey.

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Almond Meal

Anise Extract

Lemon Zest

Cinnamon

Honey

Roll out 1 of the pastry sheets on a floured cutting board. Using a 3 to 3 1/2-inch biscuit cutter, cut out as many circles of the dough as possible. Put a dollop of sweet potato filling on each circle, then fold the circles in half to form a half moon. Press the edges together with a fork to seal and arrange on sheet tray lined with parchment. Repeat with the remaining pastry sheets and filling.

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Sweet Potato