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The Ladybugs' Recipes

Sweet Potato Balls
From:  BB
Ingredients:
2 - 3 lb
1 lg can
4 T
1/4 c
2 T
2 T
3/4 c
sweet potatoes, cooked, peeled, and mashed
pineapple slices (in its own juice), drained, but reserve the juice
butter
brown sugar
honey
pineapple juice
chopped pecans
Procedure:

1.  Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2.  Melt butter in sauce pan.
3.  Add brown sugar, honey, and pineapple juice.
4.  Cook until the sugar has melted.
5.  Pour mixture into 9" x 13" baking dish.
6.  Place pineapple slices in baking dish, turning once.
7.  Add 1/2 cup pecan pieces to sweet potatoes.
(The recipe didn't call for it, but I also added a little cinnamon-sugar to the potatoes).
8.  Mix well.
9.  Form sweet potatoes into balls (like, tennis ball size).
10.  Place each ball on the pineapple slices.
11.  Sprinkle with the rest of the pecans.

Bake 20 minutes.

YUM!........BB