Sweet Potato Casserole Waffles With brown sugar syrup
We’re having a little fun with this one — turning a sweet potato casserole into happy little waffles! Sweet tooth? You’ll love this.
Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon
- 1 bag (20-ounce) frozen sweet potato fries
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Marshmallows and wood skewers
- 1 cup buttermilk, divided
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Butter, softened
- Cinnamon sugar
- 2 bags (7-ounce each) sugared pecans, roughly chopped
Directions
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Cook and crumble bacon.
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Bring fries to room temperature in a large bowl. Using hands, squish eggs and salt into fries to make “batter.” Let stand while preparing marshmallows and sauce.
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Slide 3 marshmallows onto each skewer and toast. Do this over a gas stove burner, with a lighter or butane torch. Stand skewers in a glass until plating.
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Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
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To make the brown sugar syrup, heat ¾ cup of buttermilk with butter, sugar and maple syrup in a small heavy saucepan to a low simmer. Mix cornstarch into remaining ¼ cup buttermilk to make a slurry. Whisk into sauce and heat 1–2 minutes to thicken. Stir in vanilla and turn off heat.
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Heat waffle iron to highest heat. Lightly spray with oil.
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Place mound of fry mixture onto hot iron. Close and cook 6–8 minutes.
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Drizzle warm syrup over waffles. Top with a dollop of butter, dust with cinnamon sugar and scatter with sugared pecans and bacon crumbles. Serve with marshmallow skewers.
