“No-Boil Sweet Potatoes

Boiling sweet potatoes in lots of liquid—as you would regular potatoes—is not a good idea. Sweet potatoes will soak up too much water, and the resulting mash will be a soggy mess. Better to cook them in a small amount of of liquid. Just 2 tablespoons of heavy cream (plus a little butter), along with the water released from the sweet potatoes as they cook, is enough to steam them into tenderness."

This recipe can be doubled and prepared in a Dutch oven, but the cooking time will need to be doubled as well.

serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • heavy cream
  • Table salt and ground black pepper
serves 8
You might need to buy:
  • Splenda granular
  • vanilla
  • eggs
  • Cinnamon
serves 26
You might need to buy:
  • milk
  • finely chopped pecans
  • cocoa powder
serves 14
You might need to buy:
  • minced fresh sage
  • minced fresh rosemary
serves 12
You might need to buy:
  • garlic salt
  • dried oregano leaves
  • ground mustard
  • ground coriander
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • olive oil
serves 12
You might need to buy:
  • pumpkin pie spice
  • Topping:
  • flour
  • brown sugar
  • chopped pecans

Use White Lily Self-Rising Buttermilk Cornmeal Mix

ready in about two hours; serves 16
You might need to buy:
  • self-rising white cornmeal mix
  • all-purpose flour
  • buttermilk
  • seasoned pepper
  • chicken broth

*We like a combination of all-purpose and white whole wheat flours here. Use all AP (for a higher rise), or all white whole wheat (for more fiber and a lower rise), if desired.

You might need to buy:
  • large eggs
  • vegetable oil
  • molasses
  • salt
  • apple pie spice; pumpkin pie spice; or 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves + 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger + 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • milk
  • cinnamon Flav-R-Bites or cinnamon chips
  • dried cranberries
  • King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour*
  • King Arthur 100% White Whole Wheat Flour*
  • baking powder
  • baking soda

*We like a combination of all-purpose and white whole wheat flours here. Use all AP (for a higher rise), or all white whole wheat (for more fiber and a lower rise), if desired.

You might need to buy:
  • large eggs
  • vegetable oil
  • molasses
  • salt
  • apple pie spice; pumpkin pie spice; or 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves + 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger + 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • milk
  • cinnamon Flav-R-Bites or cinnamon chips
  • dried cranberries
  • King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour*
  • King Arthur 100% White Whole Wheat Flour*
  • baking powder
  • baking soda