RECIPE AND PHOTO SUBMITTED BY Susan McElroy
Praline Topped Sweet Potato Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup butter plus 2 tab (for frosting)
3/4 cup granulated sugar plus 1 tsp (to toast pecans)
1/2 cup brown sugar (divided)
1 large egg
15 oz sweet potatoes drained and mashed
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped
2 tab milk or whipping cream
3/4 cup powdered sugar
Prepare:
Combine 1 cup softened butter, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, and beat until fluffy. Add the egg and beat well. Add the mashed sweet potatoes and vanilla. Mix well. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Add this to butter mixture. Drop by rounded teaspoon 2 inches apart on greased or parchment paper cookie sheet. Bake 350 degrees 11-13 minutes.
To make sugared pecans place pecans in skillet and sprinkle with 1 tsp sugar , heat over medium heat 2-3 minutes. Chop when cooled. To make frosting, melt 2 tab butter in small saucepan, stir in 1/4 cup brown sugar, add 2 tab milk. Add powdered sugar and stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies and sprinkle with chopped pecans.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter plus 2 tab (for frosting)
3/4 cup granulated sugar plus 1 tsp (to toast pecans)
1/2 cup brown sugar (divided)
1 large egg
15 oz sweet potatoes drained and mashed
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped
2 tab milk or whipping cream
3/4 cup powdered sugar
Prepare:
Combine 1 cup softened butter, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, and beat until fluffy. Add the egg and beat well. Add the mashed sweet potatoes and vanilla. Mix well. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Add this to butter mixture. Drop by rounded teaspoon 2 inches apart on greased or parchment paper cookie sheet. Bake 350 degrees 11-13 minutes.
To make sugared pecans place pecans in skillet and sprinkle with 1 tsp sugar , heat over medium heat 2-3 minutes. Chop when cooled. To make frosting, melt 2 tab butter in small saucepan, stir in 1/4 cup brown sugar, add 2 tab milk. Add powdered sugar and stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies and sprinkle with chopped pecans.
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