01/11/10
Filed under:
- Thanksgiving,
- Vegetables
Posted by:
Hild @ 8:42 am
Sweet Potato Casserole
(a la Donna Howe via Kristin)
Ingredients:
- 3 cups sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
- 1/3 cups milk
- ½ cup “aleo” – the mystery ingredient which we couldn’t decipher. Added butter instead.
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Topping:
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup butter melted (or crumbled by hand with sugar)
- ½ cup plain flour
- 1 cup chopped (wal)nuts
Directions:
- Mix & pour into buttered casserole
- Mix topping with fork and sprinkle on top of casserole (save some topping for an apple crumble the next day
- Bake uncovered at 350 degrees F for 20-30 minutes
This recipe dates back to our Thanksgiving celebration in Ithaca, New York, in 2001. Read more about it here: http://www.rygnestad.net/family/potter/newsletters/thanksgiving.htm