Sweet Potato Croquettes

Ingredients

• 1 pint mashed sweet potato
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg

Instructions

1. Boil the sweet potatoes in their skins. Pare and mash. Add butter, salt, and slightly beaten egg. Shape into balls, roll in finely sifted bread crumbs, in egg, slightly beaten, then in crumbs again. Fry in deep fat. These are improved by adding three tablespoons blanched almonds finely ground. Time in cooking, 3 minutes each. Temperature of fat, 380 degrees. 6 croquettes.