Sweet Potato Supremes!

Sweet Potato Supremes

My Grandmother has a recipe we use at Thanksgiving for a sweet potato dish with nuts and coconut. It is heaven on a spoon. I wanted to see if I could make a cookie that was almost as wonderful.  I found a couple of sweet potato cookies on line, morphed them and added the nuts and coconut. Add an orange glaze and we have these!

2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ginger

1/2 teaspoon allspice

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 large egg

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup mashed sweet potatoes

1 cup chopped pecans

1 cup coconut

Orange Glaze

1 1/2 powdered sugar, sifted

3 tablespoons orange juice

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Preheat oven to 375. 

Mix, in a medium bowl,  flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and salt. I use a whisk.

In the bowl of the mixer, cream butter and sugars till light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Blend well.

Add in sweet potatoes. With a spoon, add pecans and coconut.

Line two baking sheets with parchment. 

I used the medium cookies scoop and placed the balls of dough on the prepared pans.

Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Or until bottoms are slightly brown. Remove to a rack to cool completely

Orange Glaze

Mix all ingredients in a small bowl. It will seem very thin. You can make it thicker with more powdered sugar if you wish and drizzle over cookies. I just dipped the tops of the cookies into the glaze. It gives the cookies a lovely little extra flavor

Makes 36