sweet potato tassies

(3 ratings)
Recipe by
L D
Anytown, CA

I make pecan tassies so when I saw this recipe for sweet potato I wanted to make them too! I made a cream cheese crust the first time I made them,the 2nd time I used the phyllo crust,both were delicious.

(3 ratings)

Ingredients For sweet potato tassies

  • 1 c cooked & mashed sweet potato
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 t cinnamon
  • 1/8 t salt
  • 1/4 t ground nutmeg
  • 1/3 c chopped toasted pecans
  • 1/4 c brown sugar,packed
  • 1 tablespoon dark corn syrup
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1 egg white
  • 2 (2.1 ounce) packages mini- phyllo shells

How To Make sweet potato tassies

  • 1
    Poke sweet potatoes a few times with a knife and place them in a pie plate with 2 tablespoons of water; cover loosely with waxed paper and microwave on high for five minutes or until tender. Mash and measure out 1 cup of sweet potato. Add sugar, cinnamon,salt and nutmeg. Stir well. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine toasted pecans, brown sugar, syrup, vanilla and egg white. Stir well and set aside. Set mini phyllo shells on a baking sheet and put about 1 teaspoon of the sweet potato mixture into the bottom of each shell (gently push down a little). Spoon ½ teaspoon of pecan mixture over the sweet potato mixture. Bake at 350F for 20 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.

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