Sweet Potato Fluff

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup butter

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Mix the mashed sweet potatoes, white sugar, eggs, 1/2 cup of the butter or margarine, vanilla and flaked coconut. Place in heat proof 2 quart sized casserole dish.

With a fork mix the brown sugar, flour, pecans and the remaining 1/3 cup of butter or margarine.

Sprinkle over the top of the potato mixture. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes.

Sweet Potato and Apple Casserole

INGREDIENTS:

3 sweet potatoes, peeled and quartered
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 large cooking apples - peeled, cored and cut into 1/4 inch rings  
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup chopped pecans

DIRECTIONS:

Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook 25 minutes, or until tender but firm. Drain, cool and cut into 1/4 inch slices.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 7x11 inch baking dish.

In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Layer sweet potatoes, brown sugar mixture and apples in the prepared baking dish.

In a medium bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, butter and pecans. Sprinkle over the sweet potatoes.

Bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Family-Style Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients:

4 medium sized yams
2 tablespoons butter
2-3 large Vidalia sweet Onions
6 tablespoon light brown sugar
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons maple syrup
fresh ground pepper

Directions:

Cook yams in oven for about 1 hour at 400 degrees. Make sure they are soft to the touch when done.

In a sauté pan (non-stick), combine the margarine and onions (slice, then chopped). Let onions soften. Add the brown sugar, maple syrup, and cinnamon into the saute pan. Let it carmelize the onions.

When potatoes are done, peel off the skins and put into a large serving bowl. Mush them up a little, add a little bit of butter.

Then take the onion mixture, drain, and pour them on top of the potatoes. Sprinkle with a little more brown sugar and fresh ground pepper.

Yams and Apples

Ingredients:

6 to 8 yams
5 to 6 golden delicious apples
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water
1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Boil yams until barely tender (whole or cut width wise, in big pieces). Peel. Cool.

Slice and alternate yams and peeled apple rings in buttered casserole dish.

Boil together: 1/2 c. sugar, 1 c. water, 1/4 c. butter, 1 1/2 T cornstarch and 1/2 t salt, until it begins to thicken.

Pour over yams and apples and bake covered at 350 for 1 hr.