Grannys Alabama Sweet Potatoes Food

CINNAMON ROASTED SWEET POTATOES AND APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Grease a large baking pan, set aside.
• In a large bowl, toss cubed sweet potatoes with 2 TBS of melted coconut oil. Stir until coated.
• Add sea salt and stir until evenly distributed.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 min, stirring halfway through, until sweet potatoes just barely start to brown.
• While the sweet potatoes are baking: stir the remaining 1 TBS of coconut oil into the apples. Add maple syrup and cinnamon and stir to combined.
• After 20 minutes, or the sweet potatoes have begun to brown, remove the sweet potatoes from oven and add the apple mixture and stir to combine.
• Return to the oven and bake for 20 more minutes, stirring halfway through.
• Once the sweet potatoes and apples are browned and the maple syrup has caramelized on them remove them from the oven and serve immediately!

GRANNY'S OKRA SOUP

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes, lima beans, okra, potatoes, corn, green beans, carrots, and tomato paste in a large soup pot. Pour chicken stock over mixture and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables begin to soften, about 15 minutes.
• Season ground beef with garlic powder, celery salt, and onion powder. Set aside.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic when butter stops bubbling; cook and stir for 1 minute. Spread ground beef evenly in the pan. Cook until it has a nice brown sear, stirring minimally to end up with mostly medium-sized chunks, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain skillet and add beef, onions, and garlic to the soup pot.
• Bring soup mixture to a boil; reduce heat to simmer, cover, and cook until vegetables and beef have cooked down, 1 to 2 hours.

GRANDMA'S SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes and orange peel into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until soft, about 10 minutes. Drain well and let cool. Discard orange peel.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 9-inch pie plate with pie crust.
• Mash cooled sweet potatoes with a potato masher or fork. Mix in eggs until well blended. Add pineapple juice, butter, and vanilla extract; mix until combined. Mix in flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and salt. Mix in sugar until dissolved. Blend in heavy cream using a whisk.
• Pour sweet potato mixture into the pie crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Place on a cloth on a table or window sill to cool down.

GRANDMA'S SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish.
• Mix mashed sweet potatoes, white sugar, milk, butter, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt together; transfer potato mixture to the prepared baking dish.
• Mix brown sugar and flour for topping together in a large bowl. Add pecans, coconut, and butter; mix until well combined. Sprinkle over the casserole.
• Bake in the preheated oven until topping is golden brown, about 25 minutes.

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHION SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Bake the sweet potatoes in the oven until done; let them cool.
• Mash the potatoes with the butter; add the sugars and the eggs, stir.
• Add the pudding mix, stir up real good.
• Add the pinch of salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
• Add the milk and stir up real good.
• Pour the mixture in the pie crust.
• Put the pie in the oven at 350°F Bake 45 minutes or 1 hour.

GRANNY'S SWEET POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Wrap sweet potato in aluminum foil.
• Bake sweet potato in the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, about 1 hour. Set aside to cool.
• Whisk white sugar and canola oil together in a bowl. Add eggs; mix well. Sift flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg into sugar mixture. Slowly whisk water into flour-sugar mixture until incorporated.
• Peel sweet potato; mash into the batter. Fold in 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
• Reduce oven temperature to 320 degrees F (160 degrees C). Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Heat brown sugar and butter in a small saucepan over low heat until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans and stir to combine. Remove from heat. Pour glaze over bread.