Got leftover yams or sweet potatoes? Try this Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Pizza!

Every year, we’re bombarded with recipes for leftover Thanksgiving turkey. But what are we supposed to do with the leftover yams and sweet potatoes?

Thanks the folks at California Pizza Kitchen, we have a solution – Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Pizza!

This recipe comes from the California Pizza Kitchen Family Cookbook, which is available online at Amazon. However, if purchase it at your favorite California Pizza Kitchen restaurant, 100% of the proceeds go to children’s charities nationwide.

Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Pizza

While the recipe gives you instructions on how to cook and prepare the sweet potatoes, you can also use Thanksgiving leftovers. If your leftovers are already sweetened, you may want to omit the light brown sugar.

Ingredients:

• 2 to 3 (1 ½ pounds) of sweet potatoes or yams
• 1 pound of a traditional or a healthy whole wheat pizza dough
• ½ cup packed light brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
• 4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter
• 2 cups of mini marshmallows (optional)

Special equipment:

• a 16-inch pizza stone, wooden pizza peel

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 375° F.
2. Wash the sweet potatoes and place them in a glass baking dish. Bake for about 1 hour, or until a knife inserts easily into the thickest part of the potato.
3. Remove the potatoes from the oven and raise the temperature to 450° F. Heat a seasoned pizza stone for at least 30 minutes. 
4. Allow the sweet potatoes to cool slightly, then peel them with a paring knife. Slice into ¼-inch rounds and let cool on your cutting board. 
5. Roll and shape the dough into one 13-inch or two 9-inch circles and place on a floured pizza peel, or you can use a store bought pizza crust. If you are more comfortable working with one piece of dough at a time, you can shape and dress the second piece while the first is in the oven. If making two pizzas, split all the topping ingredients in half.
6. Place overlapping rounds of sweet potato over the top of the pizza, leaving a ½-inch border of dough. Sprinkle with an even layer of brown sugar, then with salt.
7. Distribute small cubes of butter evenly over the surface, avoiding the dough border.
8. Cover with marshmallows. (It’s all right if there are pieces of sweet potato showing.)
9. Transfer the pizza to the oven and bake for 8 to 12 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the marshmallows are melted and well colored.
10. Remove from the oven, slice, and serve.

Anne-Marie Nichols is the Social Media Manager at Mom Central Consulting. You can also find her cooking up some healthy recipes at This Mama Cooks! On a Diet.

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