Sweet Potato Cookies
My sweet potato cookies have a soft and chewy texture; they are made with sweet potato, butter and semolina along with other few ingredients then topped with pecan for some crunchiness.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sweet potato cooked, peeled then mashed
- ¼ cup semolina
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup plain flour
- ⅓ cup butter
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 2 eggs
- pinch of salt
Topping
- 1 tbsp pecan chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170C.
- Cook the sweet potato, peel then mash.
- Mix flour, semolina, baking powder and salt then set aside.
- In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar.
- In a small bowl, whisk the eggs and vanilla extract well.
- Add the eggs mixture to the butter mixture, mix.
- Then, add the mashed sweet potato, mix.
- After that stir in the flour mixture.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment pepper.
- Spoon the batter in the baking sheet forming 12 big cookies.
- Sprinkle the chopped pecan over the cookies then press gently on each cookie trying to flatten it a bit.
- Bake for 28-30 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool down.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 170kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 3gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 123mgPotassium: 69mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 1612IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 68mgIron: 1mg
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