Super Sweet Potatoes!

No your eyes are not playing tricks on you, that is one gigantic sweet potato!! This big boy was in our CSA box last week. I already had a bunch of sweet potatoes from the previous week so I knew it was time to start making something with sweet potatoes in it! My mother in law had been telling me about a Sweet Potato Flatbread she had made a couple of times so I figured it was time to try it out. It was delicious! Even Tyler liked it! So since it was such a huge success I though I should share this fabulous recipe with others. Try it out... you won't be disappointed!

Sweet Potato Flatbread

Ingredients

• Cornmeal, for the baking sheet
• 1 lb. pizza dough, thawed if frozen (I of course made mine. Refer to http://homemadejess.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-is-national-pizza-month.html for my pizza dough recipe)
• 1 medium sweet potato, peeled, halved and thinly sliced
• 2 shallots, thinly sliced
• 4 oz. extra sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 Tbsp. fresh thyme
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds
• 2 Tbsp. olive oil
• Kosher salt and pepper 

Directions

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Dust a baking sheet with cornmeal.
2. Shape the dough into a large 14 inch long rectangle or oval and place on the prepared baking sheet.
3. In a large bowl, toss the sweet potato, shallots, cheddar cheese, thyme, almonds, oil, salt and pepper. 
4. Scatter the potato mixture over the dough and bake until golden brown and crisp, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve with salad, if desired.

                                                  

Easy and so yummy!! Try it out and let me know what you think. Did you make any changes to the recipe that was really good? Tell us what you did so other's can try it too.

*Here's a tip for slicing the sweet potatoes and shallots. Use a mandolin slicer if you have one. It makes slicing easy and as a result you get really thin, consistent slices. 

Recipe from Woman's Day 

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