This year we are going to Portland for Thanksgiving.
I'm taking a little piece of my family's thanksgiving with me:
My Aunt's Sweet Potatoes
Below is the not-so-secret family recipe.
Aunt Carol's Sweet Potatoes
3 1/2 lb yams or sweet potatoes
4-6 Tablespoon butter, melted
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 cup dark brown sugar
4 tablespoon butter, softened
4 tablespoon flour
1 cup chopped pecans
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Bake yams or potatoes until tender, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours
then let them cool
Increase oven temp to 375 degrees
Scoop pulp from yams. Place in lage bowl.
Mash until smooth or use a food processor
Whisk melted butter and eggs into yams.
In small saucepan, heat the milk.
Stir hot milk and 1/2 cup of the sugar into the
yams
Spread mixture into buttered 11 x 7 dish.
Mix remaining 1/2 cup sugar, the butter, and the
flour until crumbly.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Sprinkle over yams and bake until topping is
crusty (about 30 min)
Do you have a family favorite?