Zimbabwe Sweet Potato Cookies

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick)
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp. grated lemon peel
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
1 cup grated, raw sweet potatoes

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 F (175 C). Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium-size mixing bowl. Set Aside.

Cream the butter or margarine with the sugar in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the lemon peel, nutmeg, honey, and egg. Then, stir in the grated sweet potato.

Blend the flour mixture into the sweet potato mixture.

Place rounded teaspoons of the cookie dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet. The cookies should be spaced at least 1/2-inch (1.25 cm) apart.

Bake for 7 minutes. Remove cookies from the sheet and cool on a rack.

Makes 4 dozen sweet, Sweet Potato Cookies.

User Reviews:

Very bland.

submitted by delight on November 01, 2005

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