Sweet Potato (or Yam) Casserole

Happy Thanksgiving!! I am a little late with this post, but had to get this awesome recipe up. Yams/Sweet Potato dishes are pretty much my favorite dish at Thanksgiving. This year, I wanted to make a recipe my friend Amber gave me. She made this at our last Christmas party and it was delicious. I definitely recommend this dish, I made a couple minor changes to quantity so I could serve the crowd I was feeding, but the idea is the same.  I will be making it again for our Christmas Eve dinner with Stephen's family :)

5-6 cups mashed sweet potatoes or yams (I prefer the orange color)

3/4 cup milk

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

3 eggs

1 stick of butter, cut into small pieces

Topping:

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup flour (I used AP gluten free)

1/2 cup butter

2 cups pecans, chopped roughly

Directions:

• Peel and boil sweet potatoes. 
• Once drained, mash sweet potatoes and add all of the top ingredients and mix until smooth and creamy.
• Put in a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. 
• Melt the butter for the topping and mix all of the topping ingredients together and put over the top of the sweet potatoes. 
• Cover with foil and bake for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees. 
• Remove the foil and bake another 30 minutes until everything is bubbling. 
• Serve up next to your favorite main dish!