Lynn's
Banana
Sweet
Potato
Honey
Pecans
10 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed
4 bananas, unpeeled
2 sticks of butter, room temperature
1/3 cup honey, such as acacia
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups pecans, smashed
1/2 cup flour
Sea salt
DIRECTIONS
Pierce the sweet potatoes with a fork all
over. Place the potatoes on a roasting pan and in the oven for 40 minutes, or
until soft. After 30 minutes, toss the bananas into the pan and continue to cook
for 10 to 15 minutes, or until browned. Remove from oven and let cool.
Scoop the sweet potato from the skins into
a large mixing bowl. Add the peeled bananas, 1 stick of butter, and the honey.
Season with sea salt and whip with a wooden spoon until well combined and
fluffy. Transfer to an oven-proof serving bowl.
Meanwhile, in a separate mixing bowl,
combine the remaining butter, brown sugar, flour and pecans to form crumbs.
Sprinkle the streusel over the sweet potatoes and return to the oven. Cook for
25 minutes or until the crumbs are golden. Serve.
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