A Killer Recipe for Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes

A few years back I was looking for a last minute recipe for a Thanksgiving dessert. Lacking the necessary ingredients for a recipe to make either a pecan pie or a sweet potato pie, and feeling a bit adventurous, I somehow merged the two recipes together with other various items from my pantry into a side dish of sweet potatoes that is amazing as sex.

Sweet Potatoes, Made With Yams
Against common belief, there are no sweet potatoes in the recipe to this dish. Instead we will use yams. Why yams? Yams have a higher sugar content than sweet potatoes, making yams taste sweeter. Yams should be widely available in most supermarkets.

Warning
Eating these sweet potatoes is not good for your health. If you have type two diabetes then you should probably not eat this. While a VERY small portion (literally one fork full) may be alright for those who have diabetes, eating more is simply not worth the risk. This fact cannot be stressed enough.

Sweet potatoes contain a high amount of starch and sugars, never mind the amount of sugar that is added to this dish. There are several nasty things that can happen to those with diabetes that decide to eat too much sugar. In some cases of high level of blood sugar the person with type two diabetes can suffer from minor symptoms, such as being extremely thirsty, and having impaired vision. However anyone who decides to eat too much of this dish of sweet potatoes will surely result in having a stroke, or going blind.

Luckily no one has died from my sweet potatoes (at least yet), and I would prefer to keep it that way. Please make sure your dinner guests are well informed so that you do not have to make a frantic call to 911. Just trust me, that is not how you'd like to spend your Thanksgiving evening.

This recipe should be enough sweet potatoes to serve eight people. If it is not either Thanksgiving or a meal with a lot of people, then you will want to cut all the ingredients down in half. The sweet potatoes will still taste scrumptious though!

Recipe
Ingredients for Bottom Layer
3 cups of mashed sweet potatoes (use yams)
2 eggs
1 cup of sugar
1 stick of butter
1 cup of milk
1 tablespoon of vanilla

Ingredients for Topping
2 cups of brown sugar
2 cups of crushed pecans
1 cup of flour
2 stick of melted butter

Instructions for bottom layer
Beat the eggs in a bowl, then add in the 3 cups of mashed sweet potatoes, cup of sugar, stick of butter, cup of milk, and tablespoon of vanilla. Stir until all of the ingredients have been mixed very well, and then pour into a large casserole dish.

Instructions for topping
Melt the two sticks of butter in a microwave on low or in a small stove top pan until it is liquid. Stir in the 2 cups of brown sugar, 1 cup of flour, and 2 cups of crushed pecans. Spread the mix over the top of the bottom layer and then back at 350 degrees for half an hour.

Results
You should end with creamy sweet potatoes (err, yams) and a topping that tastes like a dessert. When eating the sweet potatoes, you should wonder if this is really part of dinner, or if someone threw a dessert on your Thanksgiving dinner plate next to your turkey. This recipe also makes for wonderful leftovers the next day.

With a recipe that includes three sticks of butter, and four cups of sugar, how could these sweet potatoes not taste good?