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Sandi Gant's Sweet Potato Casserole

From a collection of recipes my mother in law gave my wife when she went to college. A family holiday classic.

Ingredients

• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 3 cups peeled, cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup butter, divided into two half-cup pieces
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400ºF
2. Combine sweet potatoes, milk, 1/2 cup butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl
3. Pour into a medium greased casserole dish and bake for 20 minutes
4. Combine 1/2 cup butter, flour, brown sugar and pecans; spread over the potato mixture
5. Reduce temperature to 250ºF until melted