This is a keeper! Great with turkey,chicken, or pork, or even a small dish alone. Have to be very exact with ingredient amounts or can turn out runny, but recipe delivers as advertised. Just be sure to drain the sweet potato's thoroughly after cooking. I did alter the 8 serving portion a bit for personal taste: it's very sweet, so reduced white sugar to 1/2 cup; added 3/4 tsp each of ground cinnamon and allspice; used evaporated milk instead of regular milk...makes for a creamier mixture; and be careful not to overdo the pecans (one cup is a lot!). Everyone always wants seconds!!
My children ask for this recipe every Thanksgiving Christmas and Easter. I usually don't bring the canned sweet potatoes to a boil first however; I just use them drained right out of the can and increase the baking time of the casserole to about 50minutes to 1 hour.
This was delicious with pork chops, so it's not just for Thanksgiving...
this is the one! pecans add a more sophisticated touch than marshmallows and cut the sweetness and boy, is it sweet. Don't use the canned yams. Instead use 3 cups (approx. 3 potatoes) of real mashed sweet potatoes. Sooo much better. And you can get away with decreasing sugar.
This is a yummy, yummy dish. I made this three times over this last holiday season. Since I only had the 29 ounce cans, I used 2 of those cans and multiplied the recipe by 1.5, and baked it in a 9x13 casserole dish. It came out perfect! I had to bake it for more than 35 minutes...more like 45-50 minutes. Yummy! I'll be making this for every holiday. Added 12/22/06: I also made it this year and it's just as yummy! This time I baked the same 1.5 times the recipe and split into two 2-quart trays, and baked it for about 45 minutes. It was yummy and made it easy to bake one recipe for two potlucks.
I had two Thanksgiving Dinners to go to and made this for both, my 18 year old son came in the kitchen because of the wonderful richness that he smelt. Once he saw this, before I could say that it was to take for a Dinner, he was dishing up a big serving. He ate every bite and had 3rds and he hates sweet potatoes! I made more and it was a instant hit. Also made it for a large church dinner (100+people) I made 40 batches and we still ran out. I was asked for the receipe so much that I printed out over a 100 of them. This is definatly a huge hit at any holiday dinner. Thanks so much for this wonderful recipe it will always be on our table. (Southern California)
A scrumptious oh-so-easy version of the classic Southern holiday dish. This was a huge hit -- I took it to a potluck and got tons of compliments. The filling was a bit liquidy so next time I will cut down on the milk and butter. (Please note that you do DRAIN the potatoes after you cook them; I've made this four times now and I'm 2 for 4 on remembering that.)
I MADE THIS FOR THANKSGIVING AND IT WAS A HUGE HIT.SO MUCH SO THAT IT'S ALEADY BEEN REQUESTED FOR CHRISTMAS.....I WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE THE RECIPE THIS TIME SINCE IT WENT SO FAST BEFORE...YUMMY..AND IT HEATS UP VERY WELL THE NEXT DAY..............
Way too much sugar! Cut the sugar in 1/2 (at least) and I cut back on the butter as well. The fresh sweet potatoes tasted way better than the canned also!
