Bruleed Mashed Sweet Potatoes

By soccercat

Borrowing from the classic dessert creme brulee, this dish has a hard candy topping, a crisp contrast to the creamy sweet potatoes.

Ingredients

• 3 cups hot mashed sweet potatoes (about 2 lbs.)
• 3/8 cup milk
• 1-1/2 tbs. butter, softened
• 1/4 teas. salt
• 1/8 teas. ground cinnamon
• dash ground nutmeg
• cooking spray
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Pre-heat broiler.

Combine first 6 ingredients in a bowl. spoon potato mixture into an baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle 1/4 cup brown sugar evenly over top. Broil 2 minutes or until sugar melts. Let stand until melted sugar hardens (about 5 minutes).