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Sweet Potato Pecan Balls—An Extremely Nutritious Dessert.

Cooks' Note

Also try these as a side dish with roast turkey. Sweet potatoes are extremely nutritious, containing well over the recommended daily allowance of beta-carotene. Whipped butter contains about 30 percent less saturated fat than an equivalent amount of regular butter.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 2 to 4

Ingredients

1 medium sweet potato, scrubbed
2 tablespoons whipped butter
8 pecan halves, chopped
1 or 2 packets artificial sweetener or fructose
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Salt to taste

Preparation

  1. Preheat the broiler. Wrap the potato in a paper towel and microwave at full power for 4 to 5 minutes, until soft to the touch. Slice open, remove the pulp with a spoon, and put it into a bowl. While still hot, mix in the butter. Add the pecans, artificial sweetener or fructose, and cinnamon. Mix thoroughly and form the mixture into 8 balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Place on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Position about 4 inches from the heat source, and broil until somewhat crusty, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn the balls over, and broil for about 2 minutes more to brown the other side. Sprinkle with salt and serve.

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