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- Hey everybody, today,
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I've got a really great recipe for you.
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I think you're gonna like it.
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My family, and maybe yours too,
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has always been a meat and potatoes kind of family.
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And when you think potatoes,
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you don't always think sweet potatoes,
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especially when you're doing mashed potatoes.
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But today we're gonna do exactly that.
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Mashed sweet potatoes.
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The method is gonna be the same as you would do
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with white potatoes, boiling water, cut your potatoes.
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Let me use a different method than my hands.
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Boiling water and the potatoes.
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I've peeled them and cut 'em into sort of rustic chunks.
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I'm gonna boil 'em for 10, 12 minutes until they're soft.
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And then we'll come back to 'em.
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So the beginning is just boiling the potatoes.
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But I'm lucky. My kids have really embraced sweet potatoes.
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We make 'em all kinds of ways.
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I'll cut 'em into rings and cinnamon and salt and bake 'em.
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And the kids really love them.
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They love them baked, like a whole baked sweet potato.
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One of my girls' favorite foods is mashed potatoes.
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And I'm lucky that she has embraced the sweet potato.
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They are full of great vitamins and minerals.
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Anytime you're eating food this color,
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you know you're eating healthily.
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So here we go. My potatoes are in the dutch oven.
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We're just gonna boil 'em for a few minutes.
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Real simple, and we'll come right back.
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So it's hard to believe,
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but it is already Thanksgiving 2025,
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and this is a perfect recipe for it.
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Mashed sweet potatoes,
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will be different than the sweet potato souffle,
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will be different than the baked sweet potatoes.
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So if you wanna be different,
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do mashed sweet potatoes this year.
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I've drained them and I'm gonna put 'em right back
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into my Dutch oven that's still warm.
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And I'm gonna add to that, our butter.
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I'm gonna start with about a half stick.
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And also some cinnamon.
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Start with a quarter teaspoon. I might add more.
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I really do like cinnamon.
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And a few tablespoons of some local honey.
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These are ingredients that go great together.
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They're also ingredients that I might put into my oatmeal
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in the morning, and I sometimes do.
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Oh, I hear Lulu over there, groaning her approval.
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Yeah, three tablespoons of honey.
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So that's not a lot of any of it.
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So if I want to add some more,
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I just might take the liberty.
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All right, so we're gonna go ahead and beat 'em.
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This is a bit obnoxious.
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Why don't we take a break right now,
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and we'll come right back.
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I decided to go the whole stick of butter,
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so mama will be proud. (mixer whirring)
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These look really, really good.
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But to make 'em just a tad creamier, I've added,
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I've decided to add just a little bit
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of half and half to 'em.
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So maybe a tablespoon, maybe a little less.
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Let's cream 'em just a little bit more.
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Add a little bit of half and half.
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Recipe didn't call for it.
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Let's taste them and see how they are.
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They're definitely hearty.
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Mmm. They're very good.
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- [Speaker] Do they need anything more?
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- The honey is light and the cinnamon is light.
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I would do a little bit more.
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So instead of three tablespoons of honey,
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I think I would do four,
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because the honey is really adding something nice,
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but it needs a little bit more of it.
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And I'm gonna give it just a little bit more cinnamon too.
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So, one more time. (mixer whirring)
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Mmm mmm. And that did it.
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They are very, very, very good. Man, is that good?
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So this year for Thanksgiving,
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I think that you ought to do something
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a little bit different,
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and try a mashed sweet potato.
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And I think your guests will love it. My kids will.
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I'm gonna take this to my house. My kids would love this.
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So we veered from the recipe just a bit
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by adding a little bit of half and half.
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And instead of three tablespoons of honey, I used four.
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And the recipe called for a quarter of a teaspoon
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of cinnamon, which is just almost nothing.
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So I added a little bit more cinnamon.
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Now your taste may be different.
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And this will also be nice with a pinch of salt.
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Get that sweet and savory together. But these are wonderful.
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And you know what, just so,
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I mean there's the butter and everything,
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but sweet potatoes are just great for you.
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And again, that color tells you all you need to know.
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Eat the rainbow, right? These things are beautiful.
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And I predicted our Thanksgiving table
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that this bowl will be empty.
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Mashed sweet potatoes for everyone. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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Love and Best Dishes Y'all.
