Sweet Potato Candy Dulce De Camote Recipes

Steps:

• In 3-quart saucepan, place water, piloncillo, cinnamon sticks, anise stars and whole cloves. Heat to boiling, stirring with wooden spoon until piloncillo dissolves.
• After 5 minutes, add sweet potatoes. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 40 to 45 minutes.
• Remove and discard cinnamon sticks, anise stars and cloves. Reserve syrup.
• Serve sweet potatoes topped with reserved warm sweet syrup. Garnish with milk.

Steps:

• Combine the pineapple, sweet potatoes, and salt; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes.
• Dissolve cream of tartar and brown sugar in boiling water; mix in potato mixture.
• Cook over low heat until a soft ball is formed when a drop is placed in cold water.
• Remove from heat and beat until smooth and shiny.
• Mix in almonds.
• Drop by the teaspoon onto a buttered surface.
• Chill.

Steps:

• Bake sweet potato as you would a plain potato.
• When done use only insides of potato.
• Measure out 1 1/2 potato let cool completely.
• In a bowl Sift sugar, mix well with margarine, milk , cinnamon, almond extract, vanilla extract and cooled sweet potato.
• Knead until smooth with your hands until mixed well.
• Add coconut.
• Shape into balls about 1 1/2 inches round.
• Dust with powdered sugar.
• Refrigerate.
• makes around 25-30 balls.

Steps:

• Boil, bake, or steam your sweet potatoes until soft. Let cool, peel, and refrigerate.
• When ready to make the dessert, cut sweet potato into 1/2-inch slices and let sit until room temperature (or at least long enough to get the "refrigerator cold" off them).
• For each serving, place 3 or 4 slices of sweet potato in a small bowl. Top with marmalade, then a dollop of cream, and finally a generous sprinkling of chopped nuts. Eat with a spoon.
• Variations: If you like it really really sweet, drizzle sweetened condensed milk on it instead of the cream. Or use maple syrup instead of jelly or marmalade, and omit the cream.