Mary Mashed Them
It’s fairly clear to me that the blogging world is off in a food coma (did you know that Snopes says the whole tryptophan = tired is a myth? My world is officially upside-down). WAY more people read my blog when they are trapped at their desks at work it appears. Of course, the same could be said of me, since my blog reader is already full of unread posts just from today.
We had a grand dinner at Band Ralphie‘s, with an almost equal pie:person ratio. One can hardly ask for more. And Bart’s grasshopper pie (it gets to be called his because he requested, not because he made it) was the most popular of them all – who can resist mint and chocolate? It sounds practically light and calorie-free, yes? (When smeared with a whole jar of hot fudge sauce, one begins to wonder, unfortunately).
My second biggest success for the night, however, was the sweet potatoes. I do NOT do the whole marshmallows-melted-on-top bit. That is disgusting. So I found a recipe in the Williams-Sonoma Potato cookbook Bart gave me last year and altered it to be fabulous.
Here you are, friends. Should you be in the mood for MORE sweet potatoes tomorrow.
mashed sweet potatoes
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
The best mashed sweet potatoes without the marshmallows on top!
Ingredients
- 6 sweet potatoes
- 2 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp molasses
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1/8 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prick the potatoes with a fork several times each and place them directly on the oven rack (I'd advise putting a cookie sheet below to catch the bubbling juices that came spewing out of mine - mmm, spewing juices. Hungry?). Let bake for 45 minutes and remove from oven. Cut potatoes open and scoop insides out into a bowl. Mash with all other ingredients. Eat as quickly as possible. Invite Kristi over to eat them with you as she will rave about them and you will feel very very good about yourself.
Wouldn’t you wanna see Dustin Hoffman save the Alamo?
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Ugh, just reading that recipe is making me feel nauseous . . .not that you could possibly be a bad cook, it’s just that I’m on food overkill right now!
PS I love your While You Were Sleeping line, we quote that one every year.
Argetina has good beef. . . and Nazis. I love that movie – a must on every holiday list! So did we ever get to see a recipe for Bart’s grasshopper pie, or were you just teasing us with all the talk of mint and chocolate?
Yes, please do invite me over. Or, may I extend an invitation to you all to come to our ward Christmas Party tonight where I am going to take Janssen’s sweet potatoes to the potluck (I am a shameless copier). They really were to die for, I hope I can do them justice. Who keeps molasses on hand anyway, not me!