Beg for More Divine Potato Purses

• 3 sweet potatoes
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Phyllo dough
• Butter, for brushing phyllo
• Oil, for deep frying
• Caramel Sauce, recipe follows
• Powdered sugar, for garnish
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 4 ounces unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup cream

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Clean the potatoes under cold running water.
3. Prick them with a fork, and place on a baking dish and bake for 1 hour, or until a knife slides through nice and clean without any resistance.
4. Remove skins, they should just slip right off.
5. Put the potatoes through a food mill.
6. Put potatoes in a bowl and add egg yolks, flour, cinnamon, and salt and mix until combined.
7. Be careful not to over-work the dough.
8. Pinch off tablespoons of dough and roll into balls.
9. Preheat a fryer or a deep pot halfway filled with oil to 350 degrees F.
10. Take 1 sheet of phyllo dough and cut into 3-inch circles.
11. Brush with butter and place a ball of sweet potato dough in the center and pinch into a purse at the top.
12. Continue to do this using more phyllo and you have used all of the potato dough.
13. Place into hot oil to deep fry to a golden brown color.
14. Place in a bowl of caramel sauce and dust with powdered sugar.
15. Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan.
16. Stir over low heat until melted.
17. Turn up the heat to medium-high and cook until caramel colored.
18. Take off the heat and add butter and cream.
19. Be careful, caramel may splatter.
20. Set aside to cool.

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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/beg-for-more-divine-potato-purses-recipe.html (may not work)