No need to wait until Holidays to serve up these buttery and creamy mashed sweet potatoes! With just five simple ingredients you can serve up a side dish that everyone will love! If you are looking for more holiday recipes, make sure to check out my bacon-wrapped turkey or my green bean casserole!

Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Looking for something new and exciting to add to your dinner table? Time to give mashed sweet potatoes a try. Outside of being packed with an amazing savory and sweet flavor, these little vegetables are packed with all sorts of nutritional benefits. Loads of fiber, iron, and calcium, as well as vitamins B and C. In addition, they are a great source of beta-carotene, which is a powerful antioxidant. There are multiple ways to cook up sweet potatoes too, make sure to check out my sweet potato casserole too!

Mashed Sweet Potato Ingredients

Sweet Potatoes – unlike Yams, sweet potatoes have red flesh and are orange on the inside. Yams are brown on the outside and white on the inside (the outside flesh looks like tree bark). Both have a starchy taste and texture, however, sweet potatoes (like their name) are much sweeter.

Milk – We use whole milk, but if you like your potatoes more on the creamy side, you can also use heavy cream.

Butter – Typically with savory recipes, it is ok to use salted or unsalted butter. You can always adjust the salt levels at the end by adding more salt.

Maple Syrup – Always check the label to make sure it says 100% pure maple syrup.

How to Peel and Slice a Sweet Potato

Sweet potatoes generally have tougher skin than other potatoes, especially depending on the specific yam or sweet potato you are using. But, do not let that stop you from making Mashed Sweet Potatoes! There are a few tricks you can do to help make the process a little easier…

Wash the potatoes in warm water. The warm water will help to soften the skin a bit, but not as much as you would like. If you really scrub while cleaning the potatoes, that will also help thin the skin.
Cut off any rough or ‘woody’ ends of the potato.
Use a serrated peeler (preferably) or regular peeler to peel from root to tip. Generally, the tapering point is the bottom and the blunt end is the top, but sometimes it is hard to tell. Just make sure you are peeling top to bottom or bottom to top😊.
Once peeled, slice the potatoes as evenly as you can. This will help them cook more evenly.

Can I Peel and Cut Sweet Potatoes ahead of time?

Yes! If you are making these Mashed Sweet Potatoes for the holidays, you may want to prepare as many recipes as you can ahead of time. It’s nice to know that you can peel the potatoes a day before you use them. Just keep the peeled sweet potatoes in a bowl of cold water. Be sure to dry off the potatoes with a paper towel before slicing and cooking them to reduce any bacteria.

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