Sweet Potato Casserole Cookies

• 2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup cooked mashed sweet potato
• 3/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 15 large regular sized marshmallows or 90 mini mallows

1. preheat oven to 350.
2. cream shortening and sugar.
3. beat in egg, sweet potato and syrup until well blended.
4. in another bowl combine flour, soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
5. stir well.
6. slowly blend dry ingredients into wet.
7. until fully mixed.
8. mix will be quite stiff.
9. place dough by rounded tablespoon onto parchment lined cookie sheet.
10. bake for 5 min.
11. meanwhile cut large mallows in half.
12. after 5 min.
13. in oven remove from oven and press a half of a large mallow into center of each cookie.
14. bake an additional 5-7 minutes.
15. if using mini mallows add those last 3 minutes of cooking placing 3 per cookie.
16. when done remove from oven to cool.
17. may be served warm..
18. to toast the mallows more/ brown them place in broiler on middle oven rack for 1-2minutes until u achieve desired browness..
19. serve!
20. and enjoy!

flour, potato, vegetable shortening, brown sugar, egg, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, maple syrup, regular sized marshmallows

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/356049-sweet-potato-casserole-cookies (may not work)