I’m the one posting, but this tutorial was all done by Mama so I’ll let her voice take over from here!
This was a favorite dish that I enjoyed as a child at Mama Reed’s. I watched her make it when I was older and then made it from memory after I was married.
My kids seemed to like the fruit flavored marshmallows best on it so that is what I usually use. This recipe was before anyone made the now classic sweet potato casserole with the streusel topping. It was just a dish that was made a little fancier by putting marshmallows on it. Sweet potatoes were something that was usually grown from the garden and available throughout the fall and winter.
When I got married(1969), sweet potatoes were only available in the grocery stores in the fall and winter. I remember someone telling me in the 1980’s that you could now get sweet potatoes year round in the grocery store and I was so excited. I had not noticed them because I took for granted that they were not for sale that time of year. That was just unheard of when I was young. Sweet potatoes were definitely a fall and winter dish that was looked forward to the rest of the year.
You’ll need, two sweet potatoes, milk, sugar or splenda, butter, egg, and marshmallows.
Peel and slice your sweet potatoes, put them in a pot.
Cover with water and cook until tender.
Drain in colander and return to pot.
Add margarine…and remind Mama that her kitchen is actually darker than she thinks it is when she is taking pictures in there. She will then sigh and carry on about having to take all of the ingredients to her sunroom to photograph and you’ll tell her she doesn’t have to, that it’ll be alright – but next time she will.
Add splenda or sugar (we use splenda these days)
Add cinnamon
Mooshy! Mooshy! Mooshy!
Add milk.
Add egg and moosh up again. You don’t want to add your egg right at the start because it will be so hot that your egg will cook up and get all white and….eggy. If you add it at this point, your mixture had cooled enough that it won’t cook it right away but you still need to moosh it soon after putting it in.
Spoon into pie plate.
Cover with marshmallows. Place in 350 oven until marshmallows are puffed and browned.
Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes
2 large sweet potatoes or yams
1/2 cup sugar or splenda
2 T. margarine or butter
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
Marshmallows (fruit flavored or plain)
Peel and cut up sweet potatoes. Cover with water and cook until tender.
Drain. Mash sweet potatoes with potato masher or mixer. Add margarine, sugar, cinnamon and milk. Stir well. Add egg and blend well. (If you add the egg to the hot sweet potatoes, it will begin to cook before it is blended and you will have scrambled eggs in your mixture) Pour sweet potato mixture into oven proof dish. Cover with marshmallows. Place in 350 degree oven and cook until marshmallows are puffed and slightly browned.
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A staple at thanksgiving for sure… I never knew those colored marshmallows were fruit flavored! I guess if ya start out dumb enough.. ya learn something new everyday lol.
Christy, you’re keepin us in suspenders with all these hints of big stuff coming up.. lookin forward to it.
Wow! My family wrapps a big mashmallow with sweet potatoes, rolls it in crackers and FRIES it. Similiar – very decadent!
Bill You know Bill, I never knew they were fruit flavored either until I read it on the package! I just thought they were rainbow colored! I really can’t tell much of a difference in taste but I do like them better on the sweet potatoes! Hehe, I am so excited about what is coming up and y’all know how horrible I am at keeping a secret so you know I don’t have a choice! LOL
EmilyWhitman Emily, Emily, Emily, Emily…..You will be held on high as an angel among all Southerners from here on out through each and every generation of my descendants if you email me that recipe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
christy@southernplate.com
I can beg if I need to!
T’aint no recipe. We just eyeball everything! LOL
Here is something simliar, we just do crushed saltines instead of corn flakes. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sweet-Potato-Balls-501/Detail.aspx
These sound really good. I have been trying to make a effort to start eating sweet potatoes. I think I am going to give this recipe a shot!
Emily You know, now that I read over that, I remember Granny Jordan having a recipe for those called Sweet Potato Balls. I just didn’t pay a lot of attention to it. I am SLAPPING myself now and will DEFINITELy try these!! Thank you so much!!!
Jason Hey! Let me know how you like them! They are awfully good! I just love the toasted marshmallows!
Christy
Oh another note, anyone ever tried to contact Google before? Its something like trying to bail out the Titanic with a dixie cup. ~grins~
This is like what we always just sweet potato casserole. We have always added raisins, but have never heard of the egg. In fact, first time daughter went to her inlaws for Thanksgiving she said they “did it wrong”. Translation: candied yams not sweet potato casserole. Keep up the great work. Love your recipes. Rebecca
I’ve always just had it with the canned yams. As much as I love candied yams, I think that making it with real sweet potatoes just looks so much better! Maybe I’ll volunteer to bring the sweet potatoes this year…
You know, this would probably be really good with pecans mixed in with the marshmallows. Yum!
Never seen this with the colored marshmallows. Looks more fun.
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Christy… yet again another classic. I have never tried this but I am looking forward to giving it a sample…. can I have a plate full
thanks for sharing
zesty
Marshmallow topped sweet potatoes are my favorite part of Thanksgiving! I have never tried it with the colored ones! Great idea!
I didn’t realize that the colored marshmallows had a fruity taste. I am going to try that!
So pretty! :O)
Colored marshmallows – that’s a first!! How fun for the kiddos.
Rebecca LOL I’ve never had them out of a can in my entire life, would you believe that?
I don’t think they even had canned growing up in Alabama.Raisins sound great!!
Thank you so much, Rebecca!
Stephanie Oh make it with real ones and get a slice to eat raw, its so good!!!! You are RIGHT ON THE MONEY with the pecans, I’m gonna have to try that!!!!!
Belle WOOHOO!! Thank you so much for the link!! I am enjoying keeping up with that post! You got me on the edge of my seat and I can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zesty ~Passes you a plate with a grin and a wink~ Now, I want homemade pizza!!!!!
Meg AMEN!!! Colored ones are just more festive! Hehe
Deanna You know, I didn’t either until Mama told me!!!
Jessica Thank you!! Wanna bite?/
Life At The Lake yup and you know fun stuff gets ‘em to eat it!! Still in love with your blog, btw!
Thank you all for reading!
Christy
I’ve gotta make this for my son.
He will love that.
This sounds great and I can’t wait to try it on Thanksgiving. This is quite different than the one I make and yours sounds like it will be much better.
I am making these at Thanksgiving. They will be a happy surprise for the grandaughters who love sweet potatoe cassarole and will flip over the colors! I might pick out the pink marshmallos for them.
This will be on my Thanksgiving table!
I know this is a true southern recipe because I had all the ingredients in my kitchen. Most of time I have to go out and by something extra that I may use only one time and it just sets in my cabinet. Pull I was able to keep the webpage up and follow the instruction from it. Thanks for the pictures they really helped. Oh, ya how did you know I only had 2 sweet potatoes in my kitchen?Thanks ago it looks and taste great.
Jen My son loves it too!!! Hope yours does!
Debra I do hope you like it!
Mary Your granddaughters have a wonderful Grandmother! They will love the pastels!
Tina YAY!!!
Lulu I am so glad you like it!! You know, I very seldom put a recipe up here that has ingredients I don’t keep on hand. I find it kind of annoying to want to try a new recipe and have to go get ingredients that I might never use again. I just cook what I call “normal” food, things you have around the house, you don’t have to go to special expense, and its just plain good! So what if you can actually pronounce every ingredient, I don’t think that’s a bad thing!
~grins~
Thank y’all!!!!
Gratefully,
Christy
My mother-in-law always added almond extract to her Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes and did not add cinnamon. Try it sometime. I think you will really like it.