Sweet Potato Casserole

"Straight from my Grandmother's kitchen. This is a Thanksgiving standard at our house."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Peel the sweet potatoes and chop them into 3/4 inch cubes. Place in a pot and cover with water, several inches above the potatoes. Boil until they're soft (about 20 minutes).
  • Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Drain the sweet potatoes and add to a mixing bowl with one stick of butter. Mash until smooth and the butter has melted.
  • Add the sugar, milk and vanilla and mix. Add in the eggs and mix until smooth.
  • Pour the mixture into a 9x13 baking dish and bake at 350 degrees, uncovered, for 45 minutes, or until the casserole is firm.
  • While the casserole is baking, prepare the topping. Melt one stick of butter in the microwave. Add to it the 1 1/2 cups crushed corn flakes, the pecans, and the brown sugar.
  • After the casserole is done baking, remove it from the oven and spoon on the topping. Return to the oven and cook for another 15 minutes.

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Reviews

  1. Thanks for the recipe ! It's really nice !
     
  2. This was a crowd pleaser. I doubled the recipe and glad I did. No fail!
     
  3. I LOVED this recipe...I couldn't use the nuts in it (allergy) so I used honey bunches of Oats instead of corn flakes..it gives the crunch without adding nuts! Thanks soooooo much!
     
  4. Talk about a diamond in the rough! This quickly won over me and my family, on Thanksgiving day. Was a little worried as it didn't thicken up as much as I thought it should have before baking, but it fimed up during baking. Thanks Bill for sharing this hidden secret!
     
  5. OH YUM!! This is SO good! I reduced the servings. It came out great. I messed up and put brown sugar instead of white in the potatoes but it was still great! Also I used raisin bran instead of corn flakes (what I had on hand) I picked out the raisins but It would be good with them. My kids loved as well. I really loved the topping! Thank you so much! I will be making this again! Made for Fall PAC 2008
     
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  1. I LOVED this recipe...I couldn't use the nuts in it (allergy) so I used honey bunches of Oats instead of corn flakes..it gives the crunch without adding nuts! Thanks soooooo much!
     
  2. OH YUM!! This is SO good! I reduced the servings. It came out great. I messed up and put brown sugar instead of white in the potatoes but it was still great! Also I used raisin bran instead of corn flakes (what I had on hand) I picked out the raisins but It would be good with them. My kids loved as well. I really loved the topping! Thank you so much! I will be making this again! Made for Fall PAC 2008
     

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<img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/IWasAdoptedfall08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <br> <br>Husband of one and father of four. My wife and I moved to Texas in 1991, figuring we would stay a few years, but we stayed for 17 years. Just recently, though, we moved back to Virginia due to a work change. Other than cooking and family, I am a third-degree black belt in Okinawan Goju-Ryu karate, having studied since 1996.
 
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