On the Table: Maple Mashed Sweet Potatoes

We have reached the perfect time of year, when late summer and fall produce overlap - it's wonderful!  I picked up some sweet potatoes recently, and preparing them  - mashed, with maple syrup! - really got me into the fall spirit.  To prepare:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Clean the sweet potatoes (I used three).

Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and cook in the preheated oven until the potatoes are soft in the middle (it took about an hour and fifteen minutes for me).

Cut each potato down the middle and squeeze/scrape out the flesh (carefully!) into a pot.

Put the pot over low heat.  Add into the pot one tablespoon of butter, one teaspoon of milk, one teaspoon of maple syrup, and salt.  Stir well to combine.  Taste and adjust seasoning (these amounts gave a mild maple flavor, but if you want it to be stronger, you could definitely add more maple syrup!).

Serve topped with another splash of maple syrup.

Enjoy!