How to make boarding house sweet potatoes

A delicious sweet potato casserole for thanksgiving or anytime. This is my version of the sweet potatoes from Hopkin's Boarding House in Pensacola, Florida

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 5 large sweet potatoes
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 stick of butter
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1/2 t grated orange peel
• 1 1/2 cup marshmallows
• electric mixer
• casserole dish

1. Bake and peel sweet potatoes. While they are still hot mix with all other ingredients except marshmallows with an electric mixer.

2. Put into a casserole dish and top with marshmallows.

3. Broil until marshmallows are brown. About 5 minutes.

Tips & Warnings

• Watch carefully while browning marshmallows they burn very easily.

[dsarokin]

on 11/10/2008 Coconut? Who would of thought it. It sounds great, though.

[veryirie]

on 11/4/2008 This definitely looks like a fancier sweet potato dish than what we're used to; thanks for this intriguing recipe!

[brandy1123]

on 11/2/2008 my favorite