This dish really needs a more splendid name. A more exotic one! One that those who HATE sweet potatoes will RUN to. Any ideas?
I got this recipe from my friend, Tracy, who doesn't cook. It is amazing how the recipes she has given me are not just good, but REALLY good. I guess she saves her strength up and GOES for it. She got the recipe from a friend who got it from her husband's cousin's wife. We think.
I love it because it uses vanilla to flavor the sweet potatoes. Not a flavoring I had ever had with those beasts. I taught my home stay wife, here in Japan, the recipe years ago. She makes her version of it each year and brings it to potlucks at church.
Here's the real McCoy! Sugar, butter, nuts and ALL!
SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE
3 c. sweet potatoes, cooked
2 eggs, beaten
1/3 c. milk
1/2 c. oleo, softened (In the beginning, man (woman?) created
margarine, and called it oleo.) You can use butter too!
1 c. sugar
1 t. vanilla
Beat sweet potatoes and eggs together well.
Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
Put into greased casserole dish.
Topping:
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. nuts (pecans)
1/4 c. flour
2 1/2 T. oleo, softened (margarine/butter)
Mix together, cutting oleo in until well-mixed.
Put on top of sweet potatoes.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
No marshmallows for me this Thanksgiving/Christmas! Bring on the pecans!!!
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I'm thinking about butternut squash soup as a starter course. Can't you hear the family complain? Something new once in awhile won't damage them too badly. Also the apple pie will be apple scones--apple pie with scone double crust. Kathy sent me the recipe, and it looks easy. I will also have a 10 year old helper. She called a few days ago and wanted to know if she could help me. It will be fun. Have no idea when dinner will be, probably when we can get everyone here, and at the table. The meat man at the store showed me a 30 lb. turkey. It wouldn't fit in MY oven, and I thought of you. So much to thank God for!! Happy Thanksgiving!
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