Sweet Potato Cookies

This recipe is from The Herbal Homestead Journal by Brittany Wood Nickerson

Ingredients:

1 cup sweet potato, roast first and then remove the flesh from the skin of the potato
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ cup unsalted butter
¾ cup sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon ground cloves
¾ teaspoon nutmeg
1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 325 F.

In one bowl mix dry ingredients together; flour, salt, baking soda, and spices. In another bowl, cream the butter and the sugar for about 2 minutes.  Mix in the eggs.  Add the sweet potato. Add the dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Scoop cookie dough and place on parchment covered baking sheets.

Bake for 20-25 minutes.

*Bakers tip: Add chocolate chips, walnut pieces and/or raisins for added pizazz.