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Silver Dollar Sweet Potatoes
Jessica Zotynia- Plant-based Food Blogger

Silver Dollar Sweet Potatoes

Roasted sweet potatoes topped with maple pecan syrup, served with vegan cinnamon yogurt and figs.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 4 Sweet Potatoes
  • 12 fresh figs can substitute any fruit
Maple Nut Syrup
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup pecans chopped
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp salt
Cinnamon Yogurt
  • 1 cup vegan yogurt
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 juice of one lemon

Equipment

  • Oven

Method
 

Roasted Sweet Potatoes
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  2. Wash sweet potatoes
  3. Cut sweet potatoes about 1/2 inch thick so they are round "silver dollars"
  4. Lay sweet potato slices on a baking sheet
  5. Roast for 40 minutes. Flip the sweet potatoes over half way through
  6. Remove from oven and set aside
  7. These can be prepped in advanced and stored in the fridge for quick meals. If potatoes are prepped in advance reheat them in a skillet over medium heat.
Maple Nut Glaze
  1. Mix all of the ingredients for the maple nut glaze in a pan
  2. Cook on medium heat for around 5 minutes, allowing sauce to reduce a bit, but allowing some liquid to remain
  3. When sauce is properly reduced, turn off heat
Cinnamon Yogurt
  1. Add all ingredients for cinnamon yogurt to a bowl and mix until evenly distributed
  2. This can be prepped in advanced and stored in the fridge for quicker morning meals
Figs
  1. Wash and slice fresh figs
  2. Place to the side if you want them fresh OR you can throw them in the Maple Nut Syrup while its reducing for hot, sweeter figs
  3. You can also replace figs with any fruit of your choosing
Put it all together
  1. On a plate place 1/4 of the baked sweet potatoes
  2. Drizzle 1/4 of the Maple Nut Syrup over the potatoes
  3. Place fresh figs and yogurt alongside the potatoes
  4. Repeat 3 more times for each plate
  5. Serve and eat!!