Sweet Potato Puff

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 1/2 lbs sweet potatoes (4 large)
• 1/2 cup orange marmalade or 1/2 cup apricot preserves
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, to taste
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons almond extract
• 3 egg whites
• 2 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted lightly
• nonstick cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 cook sweet potatoes until tender (15 to 20 minutes in a microwave, 1 hour in a preheated 450-degree oven, or boiled for 25 minutes).
• 2 cool and peel.
• 3 in a large bowl, mash.
• 4 add marmalade, sugar, orange juice and almond extract; beat with mixer until smooth.
• 5 in a separate bowl, beat egg whites to stiff peaks.
• 6 fold into potato mixture.
• 7 coat a 6-cup casserole with non-stick spray.
• 8 add mixture, sprinkle with almonds.
• 9 bake at 350 degrees until puffy and set, about 40 minutes.