Sweet Potato Casserole
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Southern Casserole- Lorene Billups, Trussville, Alabama
Serves 8 peopleCategories: Vegetables- Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 lbs. sweet potatoes
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 1/4 cups cornflakes cereal, crushed
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp. butter, melted
- 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
Directions
- Bake sweet potatoes at 400 degrees for about 1 hour or until tender. Let cool to touch; peel and mash sweet potatoes.
- Beat mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, and next 5 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Spoon potato mixture into a greased 11 × 7-inch baking dish.
- Combine cornflakes cereal and next 3 ingredients in a small bowl. Sprinkle diagonally over casserole in rows 2 inches apart.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from oven; let stand 10 minutes. Sprinkle alternate rows with marshmallows; bake 10 additional minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.