Ingredients

  • 4 1/2  pounds  sweet potatoes
  • 1  cup  granulated sugar
  • 1/2  cup  butter, softened
  • 1/4  cup  milk
  • 2  large eggs
  • 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
  • 1/4  teaspoon  salt
  • 1 1/4  cups  cornflakes cereal, crushed
  • 1/4  cup  chopped pecans
  • 1  tablespoon  brown sugar
  • 1  tablespoon  butter, melted
  • 1 1/2  cups  miniature marshmallows

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 400°. Bake sweet potatoes at 400° for 1 hour or until tender. Let stand until cool to touch (about 20 minutes); peel and mash sweet potatoes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°.

2. Beat mashed sweet potatoes, granulated sugar, and next 5 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Spoon potato mixture into a greased 11- x 7-inch baking dish.

3. Combine cornflakes cereal and next 3 ingredients in a small bowl. Sprinkle over casserole in diagonal rows 2 inches apart.

4. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Remove from oven; let stand 10 minutes. Sprinkle marshmallows in alternate rows between cornflake mixture; bake 10 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.