Toh Mallow-Topped Sweet Potatoes

My mom found this recipe in one of her Taste of Home annual cookbooks a few years ago and it has become a family favorite for the holidays ever since.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 10-12

Ingredients

• 6  cups  hot mashed sweet potatoes (prepared without milk and butter)
• 1  cup milk
• 6  tablespoons butter or 6  tablespoons margarine, softened
• 1⁄2 cup  packed brown sugar
• 1  egg
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 18  large marshmallows

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat the sweet potatoes, milk, butter, brown sugar, egg, cinnamon, vanilla, allspice, salt and nutmeg until smooth. Transfer to a greased shallow 2-1/2-qt. baking dish.
2. Bake, uncovered, at 325°F for 40-45 minutes or until heated through. Top with marshmallows. Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until marshmallows just begin to puff and brown.