Kid-friendly Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes

This one includes bananas but you could substitute orange juice for the bananas plus a bit of brown sugar.

8 c. peeled diced sweet potatoes

3 ripe bananas

¾ stick unsalted butter

2 T dark rum

1T brown sugar

¼ t nutmeg

Salt to taste

1 c sliced almonds

Place the sweet potatoes in a saucepan and cook until very tender.

Puree the bananas and add the hot sweet potatoes, nutmeg, brown sugar, 4 T of butter, and salt and process to blend.

Melt the remaining 2T of butter in a small skillet and brown the almonds.

Add almonds to the top of the puree.


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This is from the Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook but I have used it and children like it very much.