Recipe - Mashed Maple Sweet Potatoes

3 md Sweet potatoes, peeled and
quartered
One fourth cup Maple syrup
2 teaspoon Margarine or butter
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One fourth cup Or 1/3 cup halfandhalf,
light cream, or milk

In a medium saucepan cook potatoes, covered, in a small amount of boiling
water for 30 to 35 minutes or until very tender; drain. Mash with a potato
masher or beat with an electric mixer on low speed.

Add maple syrup, margarine or butter, and salt. Gradually beat in enough
halfandhalf, light cream, or milk to make potato mixture light and
fluffy. Pipe or spoon potato mixture onto serving plates. Makes 6
servings.

NOTE: In many areas of New England, maple syrup was often the only
sweetener available to the colonists. Two common uses were to dress up
sweet potatoes and to add flavor to beans. Today, Vermont leads the
country in maple syrup production.

1 Heritage of America
Cookbook. Better Homes
and Gardens Books.
Des Moines, Iowa

MM Format by John Hartman Indianapolis, IN
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #309

Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 08:59:31 0500

From: hartman@indy.net (John Hartman)