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Sweet Potato Casserole

Once you make this Sweet Potato Casserole, you won't want to eat sweet potatoes any other way!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings 12

Ingredients

  • 5 large sweet potatoes
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 tbsp heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Lightly grease a 9x13 baking dish.

  2. Bake sweet potatoes 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until they begin to soften. cool slightly, peel and mash.
  3. In a large bowl, mix the mashed sweet potatoes, salt, 1/4 cup butter, eggs, vanilla extract, cinnamon, sugar and heavy cream. transfer to the prepared baking dish.
  4. In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 cup butter, flour, brown sugar and chopped pecans. Mix with a pastry blender or your fingers to the consistency of course meal. Sprinkle over the sweet potato mixture

  5. Bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until topping is crisp and lightly browned.