Gourmet Sweet Potato Classic

Description

Once you taste this, you won’t ever go back to the marshmallow-topped variety! I have peeled and cooked in the microwave, and also boiled the sweet potatoes. They taste the same no matter how you cook them. So, use the technique that works best for you!

Ingredients

  • 5 sweet potatoes
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • ¼ cup butter, softened
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
  • ½ cup chopped pecans

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
  2. Bake sweet potatoes 35 minutes in the preheated oven
  3. or until they begin to soften. Cool slightly
  4. peel
  5. and mash.
  6. In a large bowl
  7. mix the mashed sweet potatoes
  8. salt
  9. 1/4 cup butter
  10. eggs
  11. vanilla extract
  12. cinnamon
  13. sugar
  14. and heavy cream. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
  15. In a medium bowl
  16. combine 1/4 cup butter
  17. flour
  18. brown sugar
  19. and chopped pecans. Mix with a pastry blender or your fingers to the consistency of course meal. Sprinkle over the sweet potato mixture.
  20. Bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven
  21. until topping is crisp and lightly browned.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Servings: 8

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