Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Brown Butter

Easy enough for a weeknight, but sophisticated enough for your holiday table, these Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Brown Butter may just be the star of the show. Creamy and buttery with the perfect amount of sweetness, you’ll want to bookmark this recipe to make over and over again.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 15

Total Time 40

Servings servings

Calories 220kcal

Author Deborah Harroun

Ingredients

3 lbs sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup nonfat milk can also use 2% or whole
3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

Cook the Potatoes

Place the potatoes in a large, heavy pot and cover them with water. Bring the pot to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer the potatoes until they are fork-tender, 10-12 minutes. Drain the water and return the potatoes to the pot.

Brown the Butter

Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small pan over medium-low heat. This is easiest if it is a light colored pan so that you can see the color of the butter. Continue to heat the butter, swirling the pan often as it cooks, until it starts to foam and crackle, then golden, and then toasty brown. It will take 3-5 minutes to brown once the butter is melted. The butter will smell nutty when it is finished browning - watch it carefully, as it will go from browned to burnt very quickly.

Mix and Mash

Once the butter has browned, immediately remove it from the heat and add it to the cooked, drained potatoes. (If your potatoes are not done yet, transfer the butter to a bowl so that it will not continue to cook.)
To the potatoes and butter, add the milk, maple syrup, salt and pepper.
With an electric mixer (or with a potato masher by hand) beat the potatoes on medium-low speed, mashing them to your preference. If the potatoes are too thick, feel free to add in a bit more milk.

Season

Taste for seasoning, and add salt and pepper as needed.

Serve

Serve warm.

Notes

Recipe from: The Well Plated Cookbook

Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should only be used as a general guideline.

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