Oh My- Sweet Potato Pie

   Growing up I despised sweet potatoes.  Yes, I would like a bit of the marshmallow off the top, but that orange glop- well, no thanks.  Then I met my husband and discovered a whole new world!  The sweet potatoes of yesteryear, lacking brown sugar and butter, were just plain- wrong.  

   This recipe, my friends, will be your new favorite.  Yes, indeedy.

Sweet Potato Pie

Filling:

3 medium sweet potatoes

1 stick butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 can evaporated milk

3/4 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

9 inch pie shell

Topping:

1 stick butter

1 cup light brown sugar

1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped

Easy steps for filling:

1-Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2-Cook potatoes until soft.  Drain, peel, mash potatoes.  Add sugar and butter while hot.

3-Slightly beat eggs.  Mix with evaporated milk.  Combine with potatoes, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla.  Mix thoroughly.  Pour into pie shell.

Easy steps for topping:

1-Melt butter.  Add brown sugar and pecans.  Cook for 2-3 minutes.  Cool.  Sprinkle over pie.  Bake for 40-45 minutes.

While you are indulging yourself, don't feel too guilty.  Remember that sweet potatoes are "a nutritional bonanza bursting with calcium, potassium and vitamin A."  It says so on the front of the recipe card.  Makes me feel better...:)