Sweet Potato Spoon Bread Recipes

SWEET POTATO SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Bake sweet potatoes until soft when pierced with a knife, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool. Peel, and discard skins.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees. In a medium saucepan over medium heat combine cornmeal, milk, butter, brown sugar, spices, salt, and 1 cup water. Cook, stirring, until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Let cool.
• Butter a 2-quart baking dish. Working in batches if necessary, place cornmeal mixture, sweet potatoes, flour, honey, eggs, and cream in a food processor. Process until smooth; pour into dish. Bake until golden brown, about 45 minutes. Serve.

SWEET POTATO-GINGER SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 2-quart baking dish and dust with cornmeal. Steam sweet potatoes until tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and mash until very smooth; let cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring milk to a simmer. Whisk in cornmeal in a thin stream. Cook, whisking constantly until just thickened, 1 to 3 minutes; remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• In a large bowl, stir together mashed potatoes, cornmeal mixture, egg yolks, sugar, molasses, ginger, and salt. Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Stir in half of egg whites into cornmeal mixture. Very gently fold in remaining egg whites.
• Spoon mixture into prepared baking dish, place on a baking sheet and bake until puffed and set, 35 to 40 minutes.

SWEET POTATO, APPLE, AND SAGE SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Cook sweet potato in pot of boiling salted water until just tender, about 10 minutes. Drain; transfer to large bowl.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add apple; sauté until tender and golden, about 8 minutes. Add apple to sweet potato; mash together. Cool. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Bring milk, sugar, sage, and salt to boil in heavy medium saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low; gradually whisk in cornmeal. Cook until cornmeal absorbs milk and pulls clean from bottom of pan, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes. Whisk in 3 tablespoons butter. Whisk yolks in large bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in warm cornmeal mixture. Whisk in baking powder. Mix sweet potato mixture into cornmeal mixture. Beat egg whites in medium bowl to medium-stiff peaks. Fold whites into warm cornmeal mixture.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy large ovenproof skillet (preferably cast iron) over medium-high heat. Pour batter into skillet. Transfer skillet to oven; bake spoon bread until top is golden and puffed, about 1 hour. Serve warm.

SWEET POTATO SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Bake sweet potatoes until soft when pierced with a knife, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool. Peel, and discard skins.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees. In medium saucepan over medium heat combine cornmeal, milk, butter, brown sugar, spices, salt, and 1 cup water. Cook, stirring, until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Let cool.
• Butter a two-quart baking dish. Place cornmeal mixture, sweet potatoes, flour, honey, eggs, and cream in a food processor. Process until smooth; pour into dish. Bake until golden brown, about 45 minutes. Serve.

SWEET POTATO SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Bake sweet potatoes until soft when pierced with a knife, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Let cool.
• Peel, and discard skins.
• Reduce the heat to 350.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat combine cornmeal, milk, butter, brown sugar, spices, salt, and 1 cup water.
• Cook, stirring, until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Let cool.
• Butter a two-quart baking dish.
• Place cornmeal mixture, sweet potatoes, flour, honey, eggs, and cream in a food processor.
• Process until smooth, then pour into the dish.
• Bake until golden brown, about 45 minutes.

SWEET POTATO SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F. Generously grease a 2-quart soufflé dish with about 1 tablespoon of the butter.
• Wrap the potatoes in foil and bake for 45 to 55 minutes, until soft to the touch. Remove from the oven and discard the foil. When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, remove and discard the potato peels, transfer the potatoes to a large bowl, and mash.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 350°F.
• Bring the milk, thyme, brown sugar, salt, and pepper to a low boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk the cornmeal into the milk mixture in a slow, steady stream. Cook, whisking constantly, for 4 to 5 minutes, until the mixture is thick and pulls away from the bottom of the pan. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
• Add the potatoes, egg yolks, remaining 3 tablespoons butter, and the baking powder and stir to thoroughly combine.
• Place the egg whites in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gently fold the whites into the cornmeal-potato mixture.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared dish and bake until golden brown and puffy, 35 to 40 minutes. The edges will be firm and the center will still be a little soft. Remove from the oven and let sit for about 10 minutes before serving warm.