Sweet Potatoes & Pecans
Ingredients
- 6 pounds sweet potatoes or yams
- 1/2 cup butter cut in pieces, room temp
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar, or to taste
- 2 teaspoons grated orange and lemon zest
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 3/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350. Pierce yams with a fork and place on baking sheet. Roast until tender about 1-1/4 hours.Let cool slightly, peel and place pulp in a bowl. Mash, stir in butter,sugar and zests Mix eggs into the yams, transfer to a 3qt baking dish. Sprinkle on the pecans. Bake until heated thru about 1 hour.
