Mashed Sweet Potatoes

By Addie

"This is our version for Thanksgiving. Wonderful fresh taste! Not for those who want a marshmallow covered sweet potato! Recipe can be double but you must allow for more cooking time."

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled, quartered lengthwise, and cut crosswise into 1/4 inch-thick ( about 2 large or 3 medium-small potatoes)
• Salt & freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Combine butter, cream, salt, sugar, and sweet potatoes in large saucepan. Cook, covered, over low heat, stirring occasionally, until potatoes fall apart when poked with fork. This will take between 30 to 45 minutes. Take off heat and mash sweet potatoes in saucepan with potato masher. You can also put potatoes into kitchen aid mixer and mix. Stir in salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
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REVIEWS: (83)

Delicious! Tried other mashed sweets, but couldn't find the right mix, til now! Being lazy, I didn't even cut the pieces small, just in big chunks, and used 1% milk instead of heavy cream. Whipped them in the Kitchenaid mixer and they were perfect! Thanks for the recipe.

I tried it and these are great!! You have to trust that eventually they will soften. Leave the heat on low and keep busy but keep your nose open. Mine didn't burn like some of the other reviewers. I think if you become impatient or lose trust and up the fire then you'll run into those problems. At the end of about 45 mins. I went to mash and they mashed perfectly and with ease. I added nutmeg, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Fab!! I substituted the heavy cream for 2 percent milk. Excellent!! Thanks for posting.

I almost didn't make this recipe because I thought it was odd that the sweet potatoes weren't boiled first. I am so glad I made these. After using the originally recipe a few times I now use whole milk instead of cream and low fat margarine to make these healthier and they taste the same. I make these atleast once a month now as well as for holiday meals. Even my anti-vegetable husband eats this as well as my toddler.

Wonderful! I followed recipe with the following additions: a tsp of Gran Marnier and a 1/4 tsp of ground ginger. Loved them!

Okay ,I loved this recipe. My entire extended family loved it. I loved it mostly because I was very busy and for the 90 minute saute time, I stirred it every 10-15 minutes. And managed to get a lot of other things done. Gas stove top, on low. I used Agave for the sweetner (I had it so I used it). I used my kitchen aid so easy. There was like 2 or 3 large lumps, I ate them, that was my favorite part. Just needed to mix more. Thank you so much. I'm passing this on by request.

These were great. I used sucanat in place of white sugar and 2% milk instead of cream because I had none on hand. So easy delicious!

I used our organic whole milk in place of the cream, as that's all I had on hand. Worked out fine! These were super yummy and went nicely with our meatloaf for dinner!

This was the top hit at our Thanksgiving. We added Orange-Ginger flavoring: combine 2 tbsp grated ginger, zest from 1/2 orange and 2 tbsp of bourbon. After potatoes are cooked and whipped, fold in the orange-ginger mixture. Serve with a sprinkle of nutmeg or cinammon.

Very good, even with the low fat butter that I used. With regular butter I bet it would have simply rocked! Do not doubt the cooking instructions, the potatoes will indeed cook following the directions in the time period said. I was so skeptical that I started it earlier than I should have (was also making applesauce meatloaf and low fat cornbread) and ended up cooking it for longer than I was supposed to (had to turn the heat done to almost nothing), but it still worked. If you cook it for long enough and keep stirring the potatoes will keep falling apart and will almost looked mashed without even using a masher. I wasnt sure I understood how big the pieces were supposed to be, so I just cut them into pretty small cubes and used a dutch oven (I think thats what they are called) because I didnt have a saucepan big enough. Definitely double this recipe if you are cooking for more than 2.

We really enjoyed these easy to make sweet potatoes. I was worried that they would not cook properly without more liquid but they turned out perfect and were absolutely delicious. What a nice alternative to baked sweet potatoes.

Outstanding. I made this for the first time for Christmas dinner, with company, so the stakes were high! I thought the recipe seemed unusual by not boiling the potatoes, but forged ahead and am so glad that I did. It was absolutely great, very very easy, and perfect for those who don't like real sweet dishes. Just fresh tasting and really terrific. I feel well armed to face all future holiday dinners with such a reliable and delicious sweet potato recipe.

This was a huge hit last night at our Thanksgiving celebration. I really hate those typical candied sweet potato dishes, but wanted something kind of traditional that included sweet potatoes. I doubled it, and ended up adding WAAAY more cream (to the chagrin of my enlarging hips!) Really wonderful, though, and I can't wait to eat the leftovers today!

I love simple, one pot, dishes. And this one was fantastic! Who would have thought one could just put the potatoes, butter, cream, all in one pot and it would cook enough to mash! I thought I was going to have to boil the potatoes first. This recipe is a definite winner. I will be making this over and over again. Thanks so much for sharing! Oh, I did have to use half and half as, I did not have any cream. And I did use a little more than suggested. It was DELISH!!

I was looking for a different version of sweet potatos other than the overly sweet, candied, syrupy, covered in marshmellow sweet potato dish and came across this one. It was fantastic! My family loved it. I was also apprehensive about the cream amount and the cooking time, but stay with it and the potatos cook up perfectly. I add a bit of brown sugar and cinnamon. Best sweet potato recipe ever!!!

If you don't like sweet potatoes, you will now! This is the BEST way to eat them! I boiled the potatoes whole before hand, peeled them and diced them, then continued on with the recipe. Kimke you're a genius, thanks for posting!

I've never been a fan of sweet potatoes but decided to give this recipe a try because my boyfriend loves them. I must admit that I'm amazed--these are wonderful! Like other reviewers, I was worried about the little amount of liquid used to cook the potaotes, so I followed the recipe but kept an eye on the potatoes and added milk instead of more cream when the liquid seemed to soak up. The potatoes were so tender after about 30 minutes that I could easily mash them w/my spoon. Thank you for the easy, delicious recipe Kimke!

I made this last night from "America's Test Kitchen" cookbook. Naturally, I came here to look for it today. This really is a better way to prepare mashed sweet potatoes. Boiling them in water seems to suck the flavor out of them. This dish is just a nice, simple fresh tasting dish, meant to allow the natural flavor of the sweet potato to shine through. Fairly quick to prepare (not counting the cooking time). I sliced mine on a mandoline, so prep time was practically nothing. We'll probably have these again. Thanks!

This was a great recipe for mashed sweet potatoes. I used half & half instead of cream, and needed to add a little extra part way through cooking. I used a higher temperature to speed it along a little and so I'm sure that's why the extra cream. Also, with Inspector Gadget's addition of the orange/ginger/bourbon sauce after whipping, this is a 5 star recipe. Thanks Inspector G. for the suggestion, and thanks Kimke for the recipe. I'll try it again when I'm not in a rush.

OMG, making this for the second time in 3 weeks. I was floored by how delicious this was, especially given the ease and simplicity of making of it. The first time I was concerned the potatoes might burn given that there's so little wet ingredients, I'm used to recipes that call for boiling the potatoes in water. So, this appealed to my lazy side. No burn at all, and it definitely appealed to my tastebuds. Thanks a bunch, this is definitely a new staple in my arsenal.

Excellent and easy. The best sweet potato recipe ever!

Fabulous!! I was looking for a change from plain baked yams and decided to try this after seeing the great reviews. Like some others, I wasn't sure how the small amount of liquid would work, but it was just right. I didn't have any heavy cream on hand so used half & half instead and worked fine. Added some fresh ground pepper during mashing. Thanks for posting this fantastic recipe!

These were so easy and delicious. I'm trying to incorporate more sweet potatoes into our menus since they are so good for you. For some reason, my potatoes came out a little watery, so I might decrease the amount of cream or butter next time.

Excellent! I didn't have cream available so substituted an equivalent amount of sour cream. Worked very well. This is a keeper.

This was good......I liked it!!!

The best way to make mashed sweet potatoes!! Even Cooks Country's Chris Kimball recommends this method.

Delicious and very easy. I tried just slicing one of the potatoes. Not recommended. The ones in cubes cooked a lot faster. I omitted the sugar. Thanks for a recipe without marshmallows! :)

I didn't cut my potatoes as small, so had to wait forever for them to cook, but that's okay. I wound up adding another 1-2 tablespoons of milk (I subbed the heavy cream) to get a consistency we liked. Definitely my favorite way to eat sweet potatoes.

Wow, I actually found a sweet potato recipe I like! My son came home from school taking about the sweet potatoes he had w/ his lunch, after some questioning I figured out they were mashed which I havent' tried before. after cooking up the potatoes using this recipe I'm hooked! Easy, relatively fast, and tasty. I had to add some extra milk and butter to get them creamy and man were they good. I cooked them in a covered pan as low as my stove would go and didn't have a problem w/ them burning. I tend to cook things pretty hot most times so I was careful to stir them pretty often too. Definitely a keeper recipe, thanks!