"My family begs me to make this creamy baked dish every Thanksgiving and Christmas. What makes it so good is the pecan topping! Try it and I'm sure it will become your new tradition!"
1Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Put sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan with water to cover. Cook over medium high heat until tender; drain and mash.
2In a large bowl, mix together the sweet potatoes, white sugar, eggs, salt, butter, milk and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth. Transfer to a 9x13 inch baking dish.
3In medium bowl, mix the brown sugar and flour. Cut in the butter until the mixture is coarse. Stir in the pecans. Sprinkle the mixture over the sweet potato mixture.
4Bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until the topping is lightly brown.
Footnotes
Editor's Note:
The Allrecipes magazine team, in preparing this recipe, came upon some alterations for this dish leading to a version they preferred, which is shared in the October/November 2014 issue. If you do not have that issue available to you, just triple the measures of the potato mixture ingredients above while leaving the topping measures as they are listed.
Tip
Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier.