Saturday, November 21, 2009

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.

4 comments:

  1. You are inso much trouble with your Grandma Nancy. She want's no one to know the recipe.

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  2. who am I???????????????

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  4. Somebody in Ballwin. Someone who knows Grandma Nancy's temperment. An aunt of mine whose initials at JC perhaps?

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