Sweet Potato Honey Pockets

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt to taste
• 4 sweet potatoes
• 3 eggs yolks
• 1/2 cup ground almonds
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 3/8 tablespoons water
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons brandy
• 1 orange large, juiced and zested

1. Sift the flour and pour out onto your working surface.
2. Make a well in the middle and slowly mix in butter, olive oil, salt, water, brandy, orange juice, and zest.
3. Knead very well to form a ball. Cover in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
4. Boil sweet potatoes until cooked and tender when stabbed with a fork.
5. Peel the sweet potatoes then mash to make a puree.
6. Add egg yolks and ground almonds and mix well.
7. In a saucepan make a syrup by bringing 1/2 cup of sugar and a little water to a boil.
8. After 8 minutes, add the sweet potato puree and let it thicken, stirring constantly so it does not stick.
9. Stir in cinnamon, orange juice, zest and brandy.
10. Remove the dough from from the refrigerator and place onto a lightly-floured working surface. Dust a rolling pin with flour and roll out the dough very thinly. Use the rim of a glass or a pastry cutter to cut circles from the dough (re-roll the remaining scraps and cut more rounds from them).
11. Place a teaspoon (or a tablespoon) of the filling on one half of the pastry then fold over and seal to form half-moons.
12. Pierce the top with the tines of a fork then either deep fry or bake the pockets until golden brown and cooked through.
13. Roll pockets in cinnamon-sugar and serve.

flour, butter, olive oil, salt, sweet potatoes, eggs yolks, ground almonds, sugar, water, cinnamon, brandy, orange

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Sweet-Potato-Honey-Pockets-2056266 (may not work)