Best Sweet Potatoes

Our friend Rachel made these last year in France for our American-Canadian Thanksgiving feast. They were a huge hit, so I made them for my family at Christmas last year and then again this year at Thanksgiving, and again for a Christmas party this weekend... pretty much they are going to be our go-to holiday dish!

3 cups sweet potatoes
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter -- melted
2 eggs

dash cinnamon

dash cloves, nutmeg- optional

Cut the potatoes in thirds and boil them until soft then the skins come off really well. Cut them up and mash them and measure to 3 cups. Add all the ingredients to the potatoes and mix. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes.

For the topping it's 1 cup of nuts (pecans or walnuts) ground
1 cup of brown sugar
1/3 cup of flour
1/3 cup melted butter
mix and add on top of potatoes then bake for 5 more minutes.