Tag: butter

In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make a dish for your holiday table, her Pecan-Topped Sweet Potato Casserole. It consists of luscious, spiced, whipped sweet potatoes, with a wonderful crumbly mixture of brown sugar, butter, flour and pecans on top. Festive and scrumptious! Ingredients: 3 cups sweet potatoes or yams, cooked (I used canned sweet potatoes.) ½ cup sugar 2 eggs 1 stick butter or margarine, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg cooking oil spray or butter for greasing baking dish Topping: ½ cup flour (I used self-rising flour.) ½ stick butter or margarine, cool from the refrigerator 1 cup light brown sugar 1 cup chopped pecans In a large mixing bowl, mash 3 cups cooked sweet potatoes and mix with ½ cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 stick melted butter or margarine, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg