CHARLENE'S SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

CHARLENE'S SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE image

Yield 1 13x9 casserole

Number Of Ingredients 12

6-7 medium-size sweet potatoes
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup butter melted
1 cup firmly packed packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/4 cup butter
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1 bag mini marshmallows
1 can of Pam

Steps:

*Boil water. *Cook sweet potatoes in boiling water to cover 30 to 45 minutes or until tender. *While potatoes cool, grease pan with Pam and melt butter. *Pour 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 2 large eggs,1 teaspoon vanilla extract,1/3 cup half-and-half, 1/2 cup butter melted into big bowl that will fit sweet potatoes and those things. *In a medium-sized tupperware container, combine 1 cup brown sugar and flour; cut in 1/4 cup butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Stir in pecans. Keep this to the side as a topping. *Once potatoes have cooled to touch, peel and rice potatoes. *Combine sweet potato with the bowl of half-and-half mixture and stir with spatula until smooth. *Spoon half of the sweet potato mixture into a greased 13 x 9 baking dish, then put a layer of mini marshmallows and sprinkle lightly with brown sugar. Then spoon the rest of the sweet potato mixture over the marshmallows. *You can store this in the fridge now until ready to bake. *When ready to bake, sprinkle nut mixture over casserole. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until lightly browned and bubbly around edges. Then put the mini marshmallows on and bake for another 5 minutes.