This might be the best Thanksgiving side dish – ever. Sweet potato, coconut and pecan pair perfectly with culinary lavender in this easy holiday casserole.
Author: Paola Legarre
Serves: 5
Ingredients
Filling:
3 cups of garnet yams, baked and skinned
½ c. sugar
¼ cup milk
2 eggs beaten
1 teas of vanilla
½ c. melted butter
1 c. coconut
Topping:
½ c. flour
1 c. brown sugar
1 teas. of lavender buds (if you have Miss Katherine or Folgate either would be very complimentray)
1 c. pecans chopped
½ stick of melted butter
In a bowl combine flour, brown sugar, lavender, melted butter and mix. Stir in pecans. Add 2 TBL of hot water. Spread over top of mashed yams. Bake 30 minutes.
Directions
Preheat oven 350 degrees. Mash potatoes. Mix all together. Place in a buttered casserole dish. Spread topping over mashed yams. Bake 30 minutes.
Recipe by Sage Creations Farm at https://sagecreationsfarm.com/baked-yams-and-lavender-pecan-casserole/