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Discover CityViewNC.com's fresh updated look! | 29 Sweet Potato Casserole Of 1,398 cooks on AllRecipes.com who went to the trouble of rating this recipe, 1,198 loved it and gave it five stars. Another 143 reviewers gave it four stars. Ingredients • 4½ cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes • ½ cup butter, melted • 1/3 cup milk • 1 cup white sugar • ½ t. vanilla extract • 2 eggs, beaten • 1 cup light brown sugar • ½ cup all-purpose flour • 1/3 cup butter (used separately from the ½ cup butter) • 1 cup chopped pecans Directions • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. • In a large bowl, mix together mashed sweet potatoes, ½ cup butter, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and eggs. Spread sweet potato mixture into the prepared baking dish. In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar and flour. Cut in 1/3 cup butter until mixture is crumbly, then stir in pecans. Sprinkle pecan mixture over the sweet potatoes. • Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Tips from reviewers: You can use two 29-ounce cans of cut sweet potatoes if you' d rather not cook your own. If you do want to cook your own, you' ll need 5-7 medium-sized sweet potatoes. You can substitute evaporated milk for the regular milk for a creamier texture. And you can cut the sugar without losing flavor. Cranberry Moscow Mule Confession: We were drawn in initially by the cool name and pretty red-and-green pictures of this alcoholic drink. But this drink has five-star reviews at numerous food sites on the internet. Ingredients • 8 ounces ginger beer • Juice of 1 lime • 1 shot or jigger of vodka • 1 T. cranberry juice cocktail • Raw cranberries and lime juice for garnish Directions • Combine first four ingredients and stir. Pour over ice and serve, preferably in a copper mug. Garnish with raw cranberries and lime slices. Tips: ere are numerous variations of this recipe, some more complicated than this. Moscow Mules have been traditionally served in copper mugs, which are for sale at numerous retailers. But when copper comes into contact with acidic foods (like alcohol and lime juice), it can leach into that food. So be safe and make sure you get copper mugs that are lined on the inside with a nonreactive metal like nickel or stainless steel.

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