Grandma Nancy's Sweet Potatoes

This Thanksgiving season, I am thankful for the fact that I still have both of my maternal grandparents. I am also thankful that my maternal grandmother doesn't have access to the Internet. Here's her super awesome sweet potato recipe. It's sweetened mashed sweet potatoes topped with a brown sugar/nut crust. They are fantastic. Just don't tell her that I gave you the recipe.

(As you can see from the pic, I truly intended on making some of these to photograph for the blog. I just ran out of time. The potatoes are from Chartrand Farms -they have a sign "Sweet Potatoes with Dirt". I love it.)

Anyway, here it is:

Sweet Potatoes:

2 lbs sweet potatoes

1/4 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 t salt

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1/2 t vanilla

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup chopped pecans

2 t cinnamon

1/4 cup butter

1/3 cup flour

Boil potatoes. Drain and mash with butter. Add sugar, salt eggs, milk and vanilla. Pour into a greased 9 inch baking dish. Mix remaining ingredients except pecans. Stir in nuts. Spread on top and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.