Yellow Sweet Potato Casserole

Becoming a tradition for Thanksgiving. I use the yellow sweet potatoes and not the orange ones. I find that the orange ones are too dense and wet and the yellow ones are more fluffy like regular potatoes. This is a very sweet casserole - almost like a dessert!

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 4 -5  cups  peeled cooked and mashed yellow sweet potatoes
• 1⁄2 cup  melted butter
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 1⁄2 white sugar (*)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2  eggs, beaten
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar (*)
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1⁄3 cup butter
• 1  cup  chopped pecans

Directions

1. *Bothsugar amounts can be lessened if you don't want it too sweet (like maybe 1/3 cup white sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar).
2. Preheat oven to 350°.
3. Grease a 9x13 baking dish.
4. In a large bowl, mix together mashed sweet potatoes, 1/2 cup melted butter, milk, white sugar, vanilla, and eggs.
5. Spread into baking dish.
6. In a small bowl mix brown sugar and flour.
7. Using a pastry cutter (or a fork if you don't have one) cut in butter until it's all crumbly, then stir in the pecans.
8. Sprinkle over top of the potatoes.
9. Bake 25-30 minutes.