Oven at 450 degrees
Turn the oven to 450 degrees. While it heats, rinse the sweet potato and spray your piece of foil with EVOO. Next, wrap the sweet potato in the foil ‘boat style’ aka the ends roll in and the top folds down. (One of the many lessons from Girl Scout camping along with not bringing seven matching bags for a weekend stay!)
Next, place the foiled sweet potato directly on the oven rack and bake for 30-45 minutes. Check the sweet potato by lightly squeezing it- when there is little resistance, it’s ready to be taken out.
Take a brownie baking dish and add the brown sugar, crushed pepper and butter. Once the sweet potato is done baking, remove the foil and add it into this dish.
Now (monster) mash the potato and be sure to mix it well with the dry ingredients already in the brownie dish.
Once everything is combined, add in the soy milk and honey. Mix and mash again.
Then bake the mash for 5-7 minutes at 350 degrees. You will definitely smell the sweetness of the honey when the mash is ready to be taken out!
Finally, serve the Hollyized sassafras sweet potato mash with other Southern favorites like BBQ chicken and fresh veggies… ENJOY!!! I highly recommend playing your favorite soul music while dining to enhance the comfort/soul to this meal!
