Sweet Potato Casserole

This is on our table at every Holiday meal.  We love sweet potato casserole!  My Mother-in-Law gave me this recipe when we first got married.

Ingredients:

4 Cups of cooked and mashed sweet potatoes (or 3 cans of drained sweet potatoes) *

1 Cup of sugar

2 eggs beaten

1/2 Cup of Milk

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/3 Cup of melted butter

1 teaspoon vanilla 

Topping Ingredients:

 1 Cup of brown sugar

1/2 Cup of flour

1/3 Cup of melted butter

1 Cup of chopped pecans**

Combine all ingredients & pour into a greased 9x13 baking dish.  Mix and crumble the topping over the sweet potato mixture.  Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.

* Sweet Potatoes - You can buy sweet potatoes at most of the vegetable stands in November and December.  They are white sweet potatoes vs. the orange sweet potatoes that we get in the States.  They taste very similar, but I always add orange food coloring (or red and yellow mixed) to make it look more like American sweet potatoes. Remove the skin and then you can steam the potatoes or boil them in water to cook them & then mash them.

**I've seen pecans at Safeway and Shoa - I actually have someone mail or bring me pecans before the Holiday season begins.