Side Dish Recipes
Sweet Potato Balls
Ingredients
- 1 (20 ounce) can sliced pineapple
- 2 cups corn flakes, crushed
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 (28 ounce) can sweet potatoes or yams
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
- Cinnamon, to taste
- Nutmeg, to taste
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 10 red maraschino cherries
Instructions
- Drain the sliced pineapple.
- Mix crushed corn flakes and 3 tablespoons brown sugar in a shallow dish and set aside.
- Spray a cookie sheet with Pam.
- Place 10 slices of pineapple on a cookie sheet.
- Drain sweet potatoes. Mash them with a fork.
- Add 1 cup brown sugar, lemon extract, cinnamon, nutmeg and butter. Beat with an electric mixer until fairly smooth.
- With your hands, form 10 balls of the sweet potato mixture and roll in corn flakes mixture, coating well.
- Place a ball on each pineapple slice and top with a cherry.
- Refrigerate until ready to bake.
- Dot with extra butter, and bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes.