Sweet Potato Holiday Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup butter
¼ cup white sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup honey
1 egg
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato

Nutrition Info

130.3 calories
carbohydrate: 17.6 g
cholesterol: 23 mg
fat: 6.1 g
fiber: 0.5 g
protein: 1.7 g
saturatedFat: 3.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 126 mg
sugar: 7.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, and salt into a bowl.

  3. Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Mix in honey, egg, and lemon zest until well blended. Fold in sweet potato. Stir in flour mixture with a large spoon until dough is just blended.

  4. Shape tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until edges start to brown, about 8 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, transfer to wire racks to cool completely, about 10 minutes.

Recipe Yield

2 dozen cookies

Recipe Note

A holiday recipe to help with that one sweet potato you had left over.

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