Monday, October 22, 2007

Gourmet Sweet Potato Classic

Even if you don't like sweet potatoes, you will like these. They are so, so, so good!

Ingredients:
5 sweet potatoes
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup butter
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup white sugar
2 Tablespoons cream
1/4 cup butter softened
3 Tablespoons flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 350*
-Grease 9 x 13 pan and bake sweet potatoes 35 minutes or until soft
-Cool slightly, peel then mash
-In a large bowl ,ix potatoes, salt, butter eggs, vanilla, sugar, and cream
-Transfer to 9 x 13 pan
-In a medium bowl combine 1/4 cup butter, flour, brown sugar, and pecans; mix with hand until similar to course meal
-Sprinkle over potatoes
-Bake 30 minutes until topping is crisp and light brown

1 comment:

Stevie said...

These sound pretty good.

But have you ever tried a plain baked sweet potato? Cook it in the oven just like a baked potato (wrap it in foil so it doesn't drip all over your oven), then cut it open and add butter and salt--Mmmmm, heaven!