Sweet Potato Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (29 ounce) can sweet potatoes or 3 -4 medium fresh sweet potatoes
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 cup crushed corn flakes
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup pecans
• 1/2 cup butter

Recipe

• 1 boil sweet potatoes in large sauce pan until hot (or tender if using fresh).
• 2 drain and mash with mixer.
• 3 cream into potatoes: eggs, milk, butter, sugar, vanilla.
• 4 pour into 9x13 baking dish.
• 5 bake 20 minutes at 400°.
• 6 while baking potatoes: melt 1/2 cup butter.
• 7 add brown sugar to butter, nuts and cornflakes.
• 8 mix well.
• 9 remove potato casserole from oven at the completion of first baking time.
• 10 cover top with cornflakes/nuts/brown sugar topping.
• 11 bake an additional 15 minutes.
• 12 * divide for smaller portions. freezes well.
• 13 ** if you add too much milk, then add more potatoes. a common mistake is to add the whole can of evaporated milk instead of one cup.