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Sweet Potato Crunch

’M ALWAYS THANKFUL for my mom’s sweet potatoes. She roasts the orange spuds in their jackets until they wrinkle and start to ooze a sort of natural sweet potato caramel, and then she removes the peels and whips the soft flesh in a stand mixer with a splash of orange liqueur for a citrusy kick. There is no marshmallow topping here; instead my mother crowns the whipped potatoes with a mixture of crushed oatmeal cookies and melted butter. It may sound

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