Sweet Potato Crescent Bites

By sassy47

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 4 medium sweet potatoes (about 1 1/2 lb.), scrubbed clean
• 1/4 c. packed brown sugar
• 1/4 c. heavy cream
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
• 1 (8-oz.) refrigerated Crescent rolls
• 1 c. mini marshmallows
• 24 whole pecans

Details

Servings 2

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375° and grease a mini muffin tin with cooking spray. Pierce sweet potatoes 3 to 4 times with a fork. Place potato on microwave-safe plate and microwave 15 minutes. If your potatoes aren't fork tender after 15 minutes, continue microwaving in 30 second increments.
When potatoes are cooked through, scrape filling into a large bowl and discard skin. Using a potato masher or fork, mash sweet potatoes until smooth. Add brown sugar, heavy cream, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt and whisk to combine.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out crescent dough, and pinch together seams. Cut into 24 squares and place in muffin tin cups.
Spoon about a tablespoon of sweet potato mixture into each crescent square, then top with mini marshmallows and bake until crescent pastry is golden, about 15 minutes. Add a pecan to the center of each bite and bake 5 minutes more.