Sweet Potato Casserole
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes
- 5 medium sweet potatoes
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup cinnamon-sugar blend (1/4 tsp cinnamon + ½ cup sugar)
Topping
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ½ cup unsalted semi-melted butter 1 stick
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
Sweet Potatoes
- Pre-heat over to 400 degreesClean sweet potatoes, prick them with a fork and place them on foiled-lined baking sheet. Bake for about an hour or until softened. Turn them over halfway through the baking time.Test the readiness by pushing a fork easily through the sweet potatoes.
- After baking set them aside to cool enough to handle. Cut the skin and peel it off the potatoes.In a mixing bowl, mash the potatoes very well and stir in the cinnamon sugar blend and heavy cream. Place sweet potatoes into a casserole dish.
Pecan Topping
- Prepare the topping in a medium bowl. Combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, chopped pecans and semi- melted butter until mixed well and crumbly.
- Sprinkle the topping over the layered sweet potatoes. Press the tip of the spoon in selected areas to push some of the topping into the sweet potatoes.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until baked lightly brown.