Party Potatoes

9 large potatoes

8 ounces cream cheese

1 cup sour cream

2 tsp. onion salt

1 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. ground black pepper

2 Tbs. butter

• Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease one 2 quart casserole dish and set aside.
• Bring a pot of salted water to boil. Add potatoes; cook until tender but still firm. Drain, and transfer to a large mixing bowl; mash until smooth.
• Add cream cheese, sour cream, onion salt, salt, pepper and butter; beat until light at fluffy.
• Place into prepared casserole dish and dot with butter.
• Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes or until heated through.

Sweet Potato Surprise

4 sweet potatoes, baked and mashed

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup margarine, melted

½ cup milk

2 eggs beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Topping:

1 cup grated unsweetened coconut, dried or fresh (see directions for cooking fresh coconut)

1 cup pecans

1 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/3 cup margarine

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees.
• In large bowl, mix the sweet potatoes, sugar, margarine, milk, eggs, and vanilla extract until well combined.
• Transfer the mixture into a 2 ½ quart baking dish.
• In a separate bowl, combine the topping ingredients with a pastry cutter or your fingertips until crumbly.
• Distribute the topping over the sweet potatoes.
• Then bake the casserole for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Serves 6 to 8.

Sweet Potato Casserole

Sweet Potato Casserole
3 cups sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp. vanilla
pinch of salt
1/3 cup butter

Topping:
1/3 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup butter, melted
Combine first seven ingredients and mix until smooth.
Pour into a 2 qt. casserole dish.
Mix all topping ingredients and spread over sweet potato mixture.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.
Cool for 10 minutes and serve warm.
It's fall food time and this has become a new favorite with Ryan's family. So much so it all got eaten up before I could get a picture of it. When I make it I usually use about twice the sweet potatoes and half the sugar because I tend to go a little overboard on the brown sugar topping. It got rave reviews last night even from people who usually don't like sweet potatoes. You have to try it, I promise you won't be sorry.