Brown sugar and cinnamon mashed sweet potatoes

By Beefman-2

Ingredients

• 6 large Sweet Potatoes; peeled and cut into chunks
• stick of Butter; Cut into quarters
• 1/4 cup Brown sugar
• Milk; Just a splash (about or less than a quarter cup)
• Cinnamon; to taste
• Salt; to taste
• Marshmellows; OPTIONAL
• chopped pecans; OPTIONAL (can sub with walnuts)

Details

Servings 4
Cooking time 45mins
Adapted from bigoven.com

Preparation

Step 1

Peel and cut sweet potatoes into medium sized chunks and get a pot of water boiling with a few pinch's of salt in the water. Once boiling add sweet potatoes and boil until potatoes are just fork tender, drain. Place Potatoes into large mixing bowl, Add 3/4 stick of butter and let melt a bit, add milk, brown sugar, salt and a pinches of cinnamon (to taste) and mix with a hand blender until a smooth consistency is achieved. Add the rest of the butter on top to melt and serve.

OPTIONAL: For that extra special holiday side dish Empty finished sweet potatoes into a baking dish and add marshmallows and chopped pecans and bake on high until marshmallows melt.