Best Sweet Potato Ginger Spoon Bread Recipes

SWEET POTATO-GINGER SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 2-quart baking dish and dust with cornmeal. Steam sweet potatoes until tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and mash until very smooth; let cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring milk to a simmer. Whisk in cornmeal in a thin stream. Cook, whisking constantly until just thickened, 1 to 3 minutes; remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• In a large bowl, stir together mashed potatoes, cornmeal mixture, egg yolks, sugar, molasses, ginger, and salt. Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Stir in half of egg whites into cornmeal mixture. Very gently fold in remaining egg whites.
• Spoon mixture into prepared baking dish, place on a baking sheet and bake until puffed and set, 35 to 40 minutes.

SWEET POTATO GINGER SPOON BREAD

Steps:

• Bake sweet potato until cooked through. Allow to cool slightly, then remove skin and mash well.
• Bring milk to a simmer on the stove. Whisk in cornmeal and continue whisking as cornmeal cooks, approximately 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Preheat oven to 350°F Spray an 8x8 baking dish with nonstick spray.
• In a large bowl, stir together mashed sweet potatoes, cornmeal mixture, egg yolks, ginger, salt, and maple syrup.
• Using an electric mixer, whip egg whites until very stiff peaks form. Stir (do not just fold) half of the egg whites into the potato mixture. GENTLY fold the remaining egg whites into the mixture.
• Spread mixture into prepared dish and bake for 35 minutes or until set.