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    Mashed Sweet Potatoes

    Published: Nov 9, 2016 · Updated: Nov 21, 2021 by Mindy Boyd

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    Mashed Sweet Potatoes are healthful and tasty!

    This recipe for Mashed Sweet Potatoes is super easy, and steaming them keeps their nutritional value. I just love potatoes of all kinds, sweet potatoes included.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes are flavored with honey, cinnamon, butter, milk, and salt. Just 6 ingredients. Great for Thanksgiving or any night of the week!

    We used to only eat sweet potatoes over the holidays. When we started eating healthier I began making them to replace regular potatoes some of the time. I basically prepare them all the ways I prepare the white, red, and gold varieties; baked, twice baked, roasted, fried, and mashed.

    If you are interested in learning about the health benefits of sweet potatoes there is a great article at World’s Healthiest Foods.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes are flavored with honey, cinnamon, butter, milk, and salt. Just 6 ingredients. Great for Thanksgiving or any night of the week!

    I always mash the sweet potatoes by hand with a potato masher, instead of using the electric mixer. I just find that they have a little more body. And if there are little tiny chunks of sweet potatoes that don’t get mashed all the way, that’s fine.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes are flavored with honey, cinnamon, butter, milk, and salt. Just 6 ingredients. Great for Thanksgiving or any night of the week!

    Sweet potatoes are naturally sweet, but you can give them a different taste by using either sweet or savory ingredients. Some complimentary sweet ingredients include honey, brown sugar, cinnamon and marshmallows. Savory ingredients that pair well with sweet potatoes are garlic, chili powder, and cumin. Some dishes even combine the sweet and savory and they taste great.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes are flavored with honey, cinnamon, butter, milk, and salt. Just 6 ingredients. Great for Thanksgiving or any night of the week!

    Are you looking for other ways to prepare sweet potatoes? Try Ina Garten’s Baked Sweet Potato Fries, Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes, or Fried Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, and Beets.

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes are flavored with honey, cinnamon, butter, milk, and salt. Just 6 ingredients. Great for Thanksgiving or any night of the week!

    Mashed Sweet Potatoes

    Mindy Boyd
    Mashed Sweet Potatoes are flavored with honey, cinnamon, butter, milk, and salt. Just 6 ingredients. Great for Thanksgiving or any night of the week!
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 20 minutes mins
    Total Time 30 minutes mins
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 pounds sweet potatoes
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 1 tablespoon milk
    • 1 tablespoon honey
    • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt

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    Instructions
     

    • Peel sweet potatoes, cut into 1" pieces.
    • In a medium saucepan with a steamer basket steam for 16-20 minutes or until tender.
    • Pour into a medium saucepan or bowl. Add butter, milk, honey, cinnamon, and salt; mash with a potato masher until smooth.

    Notes

    Sweet potatoes can be boiled instead of steamed. Put chopped sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan and cover with water about an inch over sweet potatoes. Boil until tender, approximately 12-15 minutes.
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    Filed Under: My Love For Potatoes, Side Dishes Tagged With: mashed, side dish, sweet potatoes, Thanksgiving, tuber, yams

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    1. Laura Dembowski says

      November 10, 2016 at 3:09 pm

      I love cinnamon with sweet potatoes. It adds such nice flavor.

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      • Mindy Boyd says

        November 10, 2016 at 4:26 pm

        Agreed, thanks!

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    2. Stephanie@ApplesforCJ says

      November 10, 2016 at 11:36 am

      I love sweet potatoes and always looking for new ways to prepare. These look really yummy Mindy!

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      • Mindy Boyd says

        November 10, 2016 at 4:26 pm

        Thanks!

        Reply
    3. Angie@Angie's Recipes says

      November 10, 2016 at 3:29 am

      My favourite root veggie! This is a simple and divine side dish, Mindy.

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      • Mindy Boyd says

        November 10, 2016 at 4:25 pm

        Thanks!

        Reply

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