Sweet Potato Balls

By MnM_Ventures

Made these for Christmas and they were a huge hit.

Ingredients

• •4 large sweet potatoes
• •2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• •2 tablespoons orange juice
• •1 teaspoon orange zest
• •1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• •2 cups shredded coconut, sweetened
• •1/2 cup granulated sugar
• •1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• •1 large marshmallow per potato ball

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.


Bake the potatoes until tender, then peel and mash them. Stir in the brown sugar, orange juice, zest and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, toss the coconut with the sugar and cinnamon. Press mashed potatoes around each marshmallow, creating a 2 to 3-inch diameter ball. Roll the balls in the coconut mixture. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Watch carefully for the last few minutes of cooking; the expanding marshmallows can cause the potato balls to burst open.

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