Candied Sweet Potatoes

My plan is to add a sweet potato recipe each week until Thanksgiving.  They are so yummy.  If you have a favortie recipe you would like to share, please, do email it to me and I’ll cook them up, take a picture and post them and all the credit will go to you.

4 medium sweet potatoes, cooked and peeled

½ cup orange juice

¼ cup molasses

¼ cup real maple syrup

2 tbsp brown sugar

½ cup butter

Nutmeg (optional)

Slice cooked sweet potatoes and arrange in greased baking dish.  Melt butter and combine with remaining ingredients.  Pour over sweet potatoes and sprinkle with nutmeg.  Bake at 350º for 35-45 minutes until brown and glazed over; spoon sauce over potatoes before serving. 

© Crackerberries 2011

Fried Ravioli & Marinara Sauce

It is official; we’re "living" in the south now.  Never saw it coming.  We had fried pasta for supper last night ... and we liked it.

12 oz Five cheese frozen ravioli

1 pint marinara sauce

½ cup parmesan cheese

1 cup roasted vegetable Ritz cracker crumbs (finely crumbed)

1 egg

¼ cup half & half

Oil for frying

Slightly thaw raviolis (15 minutes or so).  Combine cracker crumbs with ¼ cup parmesan cheese in one bowl.  Beat egg and half & half in another bowl.  Dip raviolis in egg mixture then coat both sides in crumbs.  Deep fry in 2 inches of hot oil (325º) for about 2 minutes (flipping once during cooking).  Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve with marinara sauce and bread sticks.

© Crackerberries 2011