Sweet Potato-Pecan Cookies

"Got this one off of about.com's Southern Food forum. Haven't tried these, but I'm posting this for all the sweet potato addicts here!"
 
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photo by Delicia T photo by Delicia T
photo by Delicia T
photo by Delicia T photo by Delicia T
Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
12
Yields:
36 cookies
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 400°.
  • In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; set aside.
  • In a seperate bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
  • Beat in the egg, sweet potato, vanilla and orange zest.
  • Beat mixture into dry ingredients.
  • Stir in the pecans.
  • Lightly butter or spray with Pam 3 cookie sheets.
  • Drop batter by teasponfulls onto sheets, leaving 1 1/2-inch space between each batter drop.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes or until cookies are browned.
  • Cool on wire racks and store in an airtight container.
  • If desired, you can make a glaze by mixing together 1 cup confectioners sugar and 2 tablespoons orange juice.
  • Spread glaze over warm cookies.

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Reviews

  1. These cookies turned out healthier tasting than I imagined even though I added chocolate chips. Eating my fifth one, so I guess that speaks to itself!
     
  2. These are awesome! Nice soft cookie and not an overpowering nutmeg taste. I used two egg whites instead of one egg and also left out the pecans, the egg white change didn't seem to make a problem at all. I Just ate two with my morning coffee, and thinking about another... thanks for posting! yummy!
     
  3. These came out beautiful. Nice and puffy! I grew butternut squash this summer so I used it instead of the sweet potatoe.
     
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  1. These are awesome! Nice soft cookie and not an overpowering nutmeg taste. I used two egg whites instead of one egg and also left out the pecans, the egg white change didn't seem to make a problem at all. I Just ate two with my morning coffee, and thinking about another... thanks for posting! yummy!
     

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