Thursday, December 24, 2009

Christmas Eve Cooking

This will be the 3rd Christmas Eve we are hosting at our house, so I guess that makes it a tradition now. We have family over and we invite all of our Jewish friends to experience Christmas as a night without the movies or Chinese food. If you're Jewish, you understand exactly what I mean. We aren't a very traditional family. In fact, for as long as I remember, we usually have catered Italian Food. This year we decided to switch it up a bit. Our menu is all "comfort food". Here's a sampling of it below:

Honey Glazed Ham
Pulled Pork Sliders
Fried Chicken
Sweet Potato Casserole
Creamed Spinach
Mashed Potatoes
Mac & Cheese
Biscuits
Caesar Salad

The sweet potato is everyone's favorite and I always get requests for the recipe. So here it is!
Makes 1/2 tray
4 eggs - well beaten
1 1/2 pounds of canned yams - drained and mashed
2 cups of sugar
2 sticks of butter - melted
1 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

Mix well in bowl and pour into a greased baking pan.

2 cups of brown sugar
1/2 cup of flour
2 ziploc bags filled with pecans and chopped finely
1 stick of butter - melted

Mix well in bowl and pour over sweet potatoes as the topping.

Bake for 30-35 minutes on 350 degrees.
Merry Christmas Eve!

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