How to Make Healthy Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Peel sweet potatoes

   A small sharp non-serrated knife, preferably without a pointy point (to protect the user), is a good option.
   
   The skin is thin and the potatoes are hard, so take a narrow strip at a time to avoid jamming the knife and also to avoid wasting potato.
   
   Sweet potatoes are not very easy to peel safely so generally don't let a child do this. , Set them on the baking dish.
   
   Ideally they will form a single layer, closely packed, an inch thick side by side.
   
   Overlap them if you have to., The temperature doesn't really mater so long as it is well above 212 degrees, the boiling point of water--whatever temperature you're baking something else at should be fine.,, Re-cover and bake for 30 minutes or so more., The problem is that marshmallows are just fluffed sugar and corn syrup, which tend to de-foam like soap bubbles and turn into still-tasty but not-so-interesting syrup when heated through., The hot sweet potatoes will soften them sufficiently from underneath to give them a somewhat soft appealing texture.,,
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   Step 2: for instance with a potato peeler or knife.

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   Step 3: Chop the sweet potatoes into disks about an inch thick.

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   Step 4: Put a cup of water in the baking dish

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   Step 5: cover it with an oven-proof mostly-tight cover such as aluminium foil

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   Step 6: and bake for 30 minutes or so

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   Step 7: at 350 degrees or so.

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   Step 8: Take out the baking dish

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   Step 9: confirm that the potatoes have softened with a fork

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    Step 10: and tilt the dish to drain off most of the water.

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    Step 11: Sprinkle the sugar (1/4 cup or so for a bread pan

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    Step 12: 1/2 cup or so for a square pan

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    Step 13: and 3/4 to 1 cup for a big rectangular pan)

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    Step 14: spices (a dusting

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    Step 15: perhaps 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon for a bread pan

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    Step 16: 1 teaspoon for a square pan

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    Step 17: and 2 teaspoons for a rectangular pan; a little less of something else mild like nutmeg

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    Step 18: and much less of something strong like cloves.)

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    Step 19: You could add a layer of marshmallows (one continuous layer of mini-marshmallows or one somewhat spaced layer of large ones) when adding the spices.

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    Step 20: For better appearance

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    Step 21: uncover the spiced and sugared sweet potatoes after they've cooked a half-hour or so

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    Step 22: cover them with marshmallows

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    Step 23: check that nothing else is in the oven

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    Step 24: and broil them for a minute or so to lightly brown the surface without the heat penetrating much through the airy marshmallows.

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    Step 25: Allow to cool to being merely warm (check the sweet potatoes or the bottom of the pan

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    Step 26: not the marshmallow topping

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    Step 27: which due to being insulated will be cool on the outside when the inside is still hot) and serve.

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    Step 28: The result should be a browned thin marshmallow topping with soft but not mushy sweet potato chunks underneath

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    Step 29: each in a sweet

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    Step 30: aromatic

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    Step 31: dark-speckled syrupy coating.

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