Sweet Potato Balls

Submitted by *Parsley*

"A cute, different way to serve sweet potatoes, You can also use fresh, baked sweet potatoes/yams (instead of canned) to equal approx. 3 lbs."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 1133.98 g can sweet potatoes, drained (or about 3 lbs baked, peeled and cooled fresh)
• 59.14 ml butter, softened
• 0.61 ml salt
• 709.77 ml crushed corn flakes cereal
• 177.44 ml maple syrup
• 10 large marshmallows

directions

1. In a large bowl, mash sweet potatoes with butter and salt.
2. Hand roll into balls about 3 inches in diameter.
3. Roll the balls in the crushed cornflakes to coat them.
4. Place balls into lightly greased 13" x 9" baking pan.
5. Pour syrup evenly over tops.
6. Bake at 325 for about 25 minutes. Place a marshmallow on top of each and continue to bake for an additional 10-15 minutes.

Reviews

[Zaney1]

Easy to make. I used fresh sweet potatoes. They were a little difficult to roll into balls so I just kind of blobbed them into the corn flakes and made them into patties. The maple syrup added a nice flavor to them.