Cornwallis yams

20 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
6mediumsSweet potatoes
½teaspoon;salt
½teaspoonCinnamon
½teaspoonNutmeg
¼poundsButter
3Eggs; beaten
½cupGrated coconut
½cupCrushed pineapple
cupMilk
Marshmallows

Directions

Boil, peat and mash (with potato masher or ricer) sweet potatoes. Season with spices. Add butter. Add eggs, coconut, pineapple and milk. Place in a greased casserole and top with marshmallows. Bake in a 350=F8 F. oven until light brown. Makes approximately 20 servings.

from the Colonial Inn in Hillsborough, N.C.

from small packet of recipes called "Favorite Dishes from North Carolina's Past".

typed and posted by teri Chesser 9/97 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by Joshy Wa <joshy_wa@...> on Octoday,, ber 29, 1998