Southern Sweet Potato Casserole

3 c mashed sweet potatoes

1 c sugar

1/4 c milk

2 eggs

1/2 c butter or margarine

1/2 - 3/4 pumpkin pie spice

1 tsp vanilla extract

Mix ingredients and put in casserole dish.

TOPPING

1 c brown sugar

1 c flour

1 c butter or margarine

1 c chopped pecans

Mix and put over top of casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.

Hints: You can use canned sweet potatoes instead if you don't have fresh ones. I usually cut the sugar back to 3/4 cup. You might also like to add coconut but I don't usually. You can cut the eggs back to one if you really need to. (like when you forget to buy them and its 45 minutes to the nearest open grocery store and you want everything to be ready in 1 and 1/2 hours - ask me how I know this) Also if your casserole dish is smaller, use only 1/2 topping recipe or it will boil over, make a mess and just not taste as good. (ask me again how I know!) You also might like to add some spice to the topping as well. Maybe a tablespoon or so of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice. Makes it yummy!

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