Sweet potatoes give baked recipes a taste that is richer and smoother than any other ingredient can give. Here are some you can try
1. Sweet Potato Crescents
What you need
- Active dry yeast (2 packages)
- Cut, mashed and drained sweet potatoes (1 can)
- Shortening (half a cup)
- Egg (1, large)
- Sugar (half a cup)
- Warm water (1 cup)
- Salt (1 and a half teaspoon)
- All purpose flour (5 cups)
- Butter (1/4 cup, melted)
Preparation
- Take a large bowl and add in yeast and water. Allow it to stand for 5 minutes.
- Add in the mashed sweet potatoes, shortening, egg, sugar and 3 cups of flour.
- Use the remaining flour to make stiff dough.
- Knead the dough on a floured surface till it is smooth and flexible.
- Place the kneaded dough in a greased bowl and turn it to make sure it is covered with grease all over.
- Cover the bowl and place it in a warm place until it grows in size. This should take about an hour.
- Divide the risen dough into 3 even parts and roll up each into a 12 inches wide circle.
- Cut the circles into wedges and brush each wedge with butter.
- Roll the buttered wedges from the wide end and place it point end down on a greased baking sheet.
- Cover the sheet and allow the dough the rise for 40 minutes.
- Bake the wedges in the oven at about 375°F until they turn golden brown in color.
- Remove the baked wedges from the oven and place on a cooling rack.
- Serve after cooling
2. Cranberry Sweet Potato Muffins
What you need
- Baking powder (2 tspns)
- All purpose flour (1 and a half cups)
- Salt (3/4 tspn)
- Ground cinnamon (half a tspn)
- Egg (1, large)
- Milk (half a cup)
- Ground nutmeg (half a tspn)
- Sweet potatoes (cold and mashed, half a cup)
- Cinnamon sugar (as needed)
- Cranberries (1 cup, chopped or frozen)
- Butter (1/4 cup, melted)
Preparation
- In a large bowl, add sugar, baking powder, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and mix thoroughly.
- In a separate smaller bowl mix the sweet potatoes, milk, egg and butter thoroughly. Add dry ingredients till they are moist and then fold in the cranberries.
- Grease 10 paper-lined muffin cups and fill them with the muffin batter till they are half full.
- Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top and pop the muffin cups in the oven.
- Bake at 375°F for 20 minutes or till the toothpick you insert in the muffins comes out clean.
- Take out the cups from the oven and allow the muffins to cool on a wire rack.
- Serve warm.
Baked recipes dishes that are made with sweet potatoes boast a taste that makes the mouth water. Try these out and see for yourself.
