Brown Sugar And Pecan Mashed Sweet Potatoes Cowboy Kent Rollins Recipes

BROWN SUGAR AND PECAN MASHED SWEET POTATOES - COWBOY KENT ROLLINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly butter an 8-x-11-inch casserole dish or 10-inch Dutch oven for a thicker casserole - or a 12-inch Dutch oven or 9x13-inch casserole dish.
• Place the potatoes in a large saucepan or pot and cover with water. Bring the water to a boil over high heat. Boil the potatoes about 25 minutes, or until they are fork-tender.
• Remove the potatoes from the heat and drain. Mash until smooth.
• Beat in 1 cup of the brown sugar, 1 stick of the butter, the half-and-half, and the eggs. Mix well.
• Scrape the potato mixture into the casserole dish and spread evenly.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the remaining 1 cup brown sugar, the flour, cornbread mix, and pecans. Stir in the remaining 1 stick butter and the warm water. Mix well.
• Spoon the pecan mixture evenly over the potatoes and spread out evenly.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and a light crust forms. Serve warm.

MASHED SWEET POTATOES WITH BROWN SUGAR AND PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix sugar, pecans and butter in small bowl. Cover and chill until ready to use. (Can be made up to 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
• Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Cook sweet potatoes in large pot of boiling salted water until very tender, about 12 minutes. Drain. Let stand in colander 15 minutes. Purée sweet potatoes in processor.
• Beat eggs, syrup, vanilla, lemon juice and salt in large bowl. Mix in puréed sweet potatoes. Transfer sweet potato mixture to prepared dish. Sprinkle pecan topping evenly over mixture.
• Bake until sweet potato mixture is set and topping bubbles, about 1 hour. Let stand 15 minutes and serve.

MASHED SWEET POTATOES WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Put all the potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with cold water by 1 inch. Season generously with salt and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until very tender, about 15 minutes.
• Drain the potatoes; return to the saucepan over low heat. Cook until any remaining water evaporates, about 2 minutes. Add the cayenne, 1/2 teaspoon salt and all but 2 tablespoons butter; mash with a potato masher until smooth. Gradually mash in the milk until creamy. Season with black pepper; transfer to a serving dish.
• Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium heat until just beginning to brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the pecans; cook until lightly toasted, 1 to 2 minutes, then remove from the heat. Stir in the brown sugar; pour over the mashed potatoes.

PECAN SWEET POTATO BAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients; beat until light and fluffy. Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. , For topping, combine the brown sugar and flour in a small bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Fold in pecans. Sprinkle over sweet potato mixture. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°.