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Baked Sweet Potato Crisps
(recipe source: Epicurious)

I made these a couple of days ago and I really liked them. Since I never really know what to do with sweet potatoes other than the tradional dishes I was happy when I came across this. I'm definitely making these for Thanksgiving! I think that you can really play with the flavors in the recipe like maybe adding cinnamon or sage.

2 sweet potatoes, grated
1/2 cup liquid egg whites (or enough regular egg whites to measure 1/2 cup)
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon finely chopped rosemary
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Preheat oven to 425. Set a wire rack on top of a baking sheet. Spray rack with non-stick spray. Peel the sweet potatoes and grate them. Squeeze the moisture from them. The more moisture you remove, the crispier they get in the oven.

To the grated sweet potatoes, add the egg whites, olive oil, cheese, salt, pepper, and rosemary. Mix until combined. Scoop out potato mixture and place on a rack. I'm sure you could use just a parchment lined cookie sheet if you wanted but I'm not sure if the underside would be as crisp. (I used an ice cream scoop.) Press sweet potato mixture as thin as possible. Repeat until potatoes are gone. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until potatoes are dark around the edges and crispy. I like to serve these with an herbed creme fraiche.

Makes 8-10