Nellies Southern Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

Ingredients

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• Casserole: shopping list
• 3 cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes (If you want to cook them the old fashioned way, bake the sweet potatoes at 350 until they’re tender ~ about 45 minutes for average sized potatoes; if you’re in a hurry, boil / steam them in about a half inch of water. I cook mine skins on, but it really doesn’t matter). shopping list
• 2 eggs shopping list
• 3/4-1 cup of sugar (according to your taste) shopping list
• 2/3 stick butter, softened (DON’T substitute margarine here!) shopping list
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract shopping list
• Topping: shopping list
• 1 cup brown sugar shopping list
• 1/3 cup self-rising flour shopping list
• 1/3 cup butter, softened shopping list
• 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped (Tip: pulse on ‘chop’ setting in your food processor.) shopping list