Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking dish. Bake sweet potatoes 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until they begin to soften. Cool slightly, peel, and mash.
In a large bowl, mix the mashed sweet potatoes, salt, 1/4 cup butter, eggs, vanilla extract, cinnamon, allspice, sugar, and heavy cream. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 cup butter, flour, brown sugar, and chopped pecans. Mix with a pastry blender or your fingers to the consistency of course meal. Sprinkle over the sweet potato mixture. Bake 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until topping is crisp and lightly browned.
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Classic Sweet Potatoes
Serves 12
Ingredients:
8 lbs. sweet potatoes
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cupand 2 tablespoons butter
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground allspice
3/4 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons heavy cream
1/4 cupand 2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/4 cupand 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
1 cup and 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
3/4 cup chopped pecans
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking dish. Bake sweet potatoes 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until they begin to soften. Cool slightly, peel, and mash.
In a large bowl, mix the mashed sweet potatoes, salt, 1/4 cup butter, eggs, vanilla extract, cinnamon, allspice, sugar, and heavy cream. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 cup butter, flour, brown sugar, and chopped pecans. Mix with a pastry blender or your fingers to the consistency of course meal. Sprinkle over the sweet potato mixture. Bake 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until topping is crisp and lightly browned.
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