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Mbatata Cookies

Name: Mbatata Cookies
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 20
Cuisine: Malawi
Ingredients: 1 Sweet potato; 200g All-purpose flour; 80g Butter; 80g Sugar; 1 Egg; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 1 tsp Cinnamon powder; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 20

Difficulty ⭐

Soft cookies baked with sweet potato — from Malawi.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mbatata is the Malawian word for sweet potato. Cookies made with boiled, mashed sweet potato mixed into flour, butter, sugar, and cinnamon are a simple treat made in Malawian homes. Moist and soft, they go well with tea.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On an afternoon in a Malawian home, orange-tinted round cookies are laid on a plate and served with cups of tea.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 20)

Sweet potato 1
All-purpose flour 200g
Butter 80g
Sugar 80g
Egg 1
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil the sweet potatoes, mash smooth, and cool.
Cream the softened butter and sugar and add the egg and sweet potato.
Mix in the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
Drop spoonfuls onto a baking sheet and flatten slightly.
Bake at 180°C for 15 minutes.

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