Better Homes And Gardens Scalloped Russet And Sweet Potatoes

Recipe

Marshmallows optional! To me, the ubiquitous sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top is not an essential part of a holiday meal. However, my daughter's in-laws from the UK came to experience their first-ever American Thanksgiving and I felt that I must make it or there would be something missing (something orange colored). Plus, I saw some gorgeous organic sweet potatoes in the supermarket when I was doing my shopping. So I made it, and I must say it was pretty good. ALTHOUGH, 10 cups of cooked sweet potatoes was way too much to feed 12 people--even with leftovers. I cut this recipe in half, but it's sweet and rich, so you could even cut it in half again. What makes it good for serving for larger groups is that you can roast the sweet potatoes the night before cutting out a step on the day of a big meal, when time is never enough and neither is oven space. The night before, I roasted all the sweet potatoes and we had sweet potatoes for dinner (with trout on the grill, yum!). We even did a taste test between the garnet sweet potato and the regular variety. While the garnet potato had a slighter richer color, the flavors of both were the same, sweet and silky! After dinner, when the potatoes had cooled, I easily peeled off the skin and put the rest in a container to make the casserole the next day. I would make it again--in smaller batches!

Yields: 10 servings

Prep Time: 0 hours 15 mins

Cook Time: 0 hours 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hour 0 mins

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE:

5 c. cooked sweet potato

1/2 c. milk

4 tbsp. melted butter

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

CASSEROLE TOPPING:

1 c. pecans

1/4 c. brown sugar

1/4 c. flour

4 tbsp. melted butter

MARSHMALLOW TOPPING:

miniature marshmallows

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For the casserole: Put all this in a bowl and mix with a mixer until smooth. Put it into a buttered casserole dish. This part is good by itself, or you can add the crunch topping and or marshmallows.
For the casserole topping: Mix all this stuff together in a bowl and sprinkle over the top. You don't really need to add this part, but it's yummy so I recommend it.
For the marshmallow topping: Add as many marshmallows as you like, but don't add them until the last 5 to 10 minutes of baking.
To finish: Oh yeah, bake it at 350 or so for about 45 minutes.

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