Name: Maple Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Cuisine: Vegetables
Ingredients: 4 medium-size sweet potatoes; 3/4 cup milk; 1 tablespoon butter; 2 tablespoons maple syrup; juice of 1/2 lemon; salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; ground cinnamon, nutmeg, or herbs, for garnish

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Plain baked sweet potatoes are great; this way of preparing them is sublime. Serve with turkey dishes, along with cold apple or cranberry sauce.

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Ingredients

4 medium-size sweet potatoes

3/4 cup milk

1 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoons maple syrup

juice of 1/2 lemon

salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

ground cinnamon, nutmeg, or herbs, for garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Pierce the sweet potatoes two or three times with a fork. Arrange them on a baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until the flesh is tender. Slit the skin to let the steam escape.

Heat the milk, butter, and maple syrup in a large skillet or saute pan; do not boil. Scoop the sweet potato flesh into the same pan, then mash mixture together with a potato masher. Mash in the lemon juice and salt and pepper, to taste; the texture should be slightly lumpy but still mashed. Serve right from the pan or transfer to a serving dish. Dust the top with cinnamon or nutmeg, and serve at once.