Meringue And Streusel-topped Sweet Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3 1/4 lbs sweet potatoes
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 large eggs
• cooking spray
• 2/3 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 large egg whites
• 2 1/3 cups granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 for sweet potatos: wash and pierce sweet potatoes and microwave until soft.
• 3 when cool, split skin and peel off.
• 4 place in mixing bowl with remaining 6 ingredients (through eggs) and beat at high speed for 2 minutes or until smooth.
• 5 spoon into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• 6 for streusel: combine streusel ingredients and sprinkle evenly over sweet potatoes.
• 7 bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
• 8 remove from oven but don't turn oven off yet.
• 9 for meringue: in clean mixing bowl with clean beaters, beat egg whites at high speed until soft peaks form.
• 10 gradually add sugar, beating until stiff peaks form.
• 11 this takes about 4 minutes.
• 12 spoon meringue into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip and pipe meringue into a lattice design over streusel (or just smooth over top like a pie).
• 13 bake at 350°f for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.