sweet potato snowballs

Name: Sweet Potato Snowballs
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1/2 cup(s) brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 1 tablespoon(s) butter; 2 cup(s) cooked, mashed sweet potatoes; 1 cup(s) shredded coconut; 10 - marshmallows

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Gail Welch

Carthage, TX

Updated on Mar 20, 2012

This is a rather unique recipe for sweet potatoes that I came across in my cookbook from the nursing home. Staff and family members submitted their favorite recipes.

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

yield yield: 10 balls

Ingredients

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter
2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup shredded coconut
10 - marshmallows

How To Make sweet potato snowballs

Step 1

Blend sugar, cinnamon and butter with mashed sweet potatoes until smooth and well mixed.

Step 2

To form balls: Firmly coat each marshmallow with potato mixture until well covered. Then roll each potato ball in coconut.
Step 3

Put balls in buttered baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 5-10 minutes or until marshmallow center is soft but NOT melted. These freeze well.
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