50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Vegetables and Side Dishes -- Whipped Sweet Potatoes

50+ Friends Club Cookbook
Vegetables and Side Dishes

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Whipped Sweet Potatoes

From the Kitchen of: Paz
Source: Pepper from Recipe Chat

8	med	Sweet potatoes (or yams, preferably)
1	C	Evaporated milk
2	tsp	Vanilla
1/2	C	Brown sugar, packed
1/2	stick	Butter
1/2	tsp	Cinnamon, freshly ground if possible
		Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
2	tbsp	Orange juice
4		Fresh pears, peeled and cored, gently poached until tender, pureed
1	C	Chopped pecans

Bake, peel and whip the potatoes. Mix the milk, vanilla, sugar and butter; scald the mixture. Add to the potatoes, then add the orange juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, pecans and pear puree.
Pour into a baking dish and bake at 350 F for about 15 minutes or so, until thoroughly warmed through.