Sweet Sweet Potato Casserole

by Gail Absher Lemon
(Michigan)

When we visited kin from down (NC) home, seems like sweet potatoes was everyones favorite. I live in the North now and still do a lot of Southern cooking. My husband is from Kentucky. I tried making a sweet potato dish one day and this is what I came up with. My family and a lot of kin from the south sure liked it. Seems like I have to increase the amounts every year. If there is left overs it goes home with the first one who calls for it.

Sweet Sweet Potato Casserole

3 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Topping:
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup whole pecans

Combine first mixture in a baking dish and bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Mix topping ingredients and slowly stir into the first ingredients. Place whole pecans in a desired design.

Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve hot.