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River Road Baked Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows

Source of Recipe


From "River Road Recipes," 1959






List of Ingredients



• 8 medium-size sweet potatoes
  
• 1 cup milk
  
• 1 tsp vanilla
  
• 3 Tbsp sugar
  
• 1/2 stick butter
  
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  
• Few dashes nutmeg
  
• 1 Tbsp orange juice
  
• Marshmallows
  






Instructions



1. Bake sweet potatoes in preheated 350-degree (F) oven until done. Peel hot potatoes and put through a ricer until mashed. Scald milk and add vanilla, sugar and butter.
   
   
2. To potatoes, add cinnamon, nutmeg and orange juice. Stir. Add milk mixture to potatoes.
   
   
3. Layer one-half of potato mixture in a buttered casserole; add a layer of marshmallows and remaining potatoes. Bake at 350 degrees until very hot. Add a top layer of marshmallows and brown.
   
   Makes 8 to 10 servings.