Sweet Potato Rounds
Cape Fear Garden Club
Begun as a way to showcase all of the uniquely delicious dishes that
were consistently brought to the annual “Christmas Tea” event, the Cape
Fear Garden Club’s A Christmas Tea cookbook contains a wide variety of
sweet and savory finger food style recipes. The chairperson of the club’s
cookbook committee, Bonnie Faler says that she just knew if she gathered
the recipes from all of the teas that it would make a fantastic cookbook.
“The book was published last September and we are in our second printing
now, so it has been a big success for us,” Faler says. A Christmas Tea
can be purchased at Dragonflies or The Sterling House.
Sweet Potato Rounds
sweet tooth
Cookies galore
Walking through the front door
of Great Harvest Bread
Company, the seemingly insurmountable
challenge is not immediately
ordering one of everything, as the lush
fragrances from fresh loaves of bread,
giant cinnamon buns and mountains of
oatmeal-chocolate chip, white chocolate
cranberry and ginger bop cookies overload
the senses. For John Palmer and his
crew of talented bakers, the holiday season
is when they see the most demand
for their organic, scratch-made cookies,
sometimes even arriving to the bakery at
midnight to churn out these scrumptious
treats. Drop by their 5327 Oleander Drive
location to check out the full range of
baked goods or order in advance by dialing
910-793-2330. — Cole Dittmer
directions
Spray cookie sheet with vegetable spray. Cut
potatoes crosswise into ¼-inch rounds. Arrange
rounds in one layer on cookie sheet, spray with
vegetable spray and bake at 400 degrees for 20
minutes or until done. Cool. Mix olive oil with
cheese. Put a small dollop of cheese mixture on
each potato round. Cut drained peppers into
small pieces, enough to top rounds. Place pepper
pieces on top or beside cheese. Refrigerate.
Can be prepared 2-3 days in advance.
Ingredients
2-3 narrow sweet
potatoes
1 (8-oz.) package
of feta or goat
cheese, softened
¼ cup olive oil
1 jar whole roasted
red peppers
Joshua Curry
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WBM december 2011