Virginia Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie

• 1 1/2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
• 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups milk, scalded
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 unbaked (9-inch) pastry shell
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• Whipped cream (optional)

1. Combine sweet potatoes, 1/2 cup sugar, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and milk; mix well. Cook until thoroughly heated. Gradually stir about one-fourth of hot mixture into eggs; add to remaining hot mixture, stirring constantly. Spoon into pastry shell. Bake at 350u0b0 for 20 minutes. Remove from oven.
2. Cream butter and 1/2 cup sugar; stir in pecans. Sprinkle pecan mixture over pie; continue baking 45 minutes. Cool. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.

potatoes, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, salt, milk, eggs, pastry shell, butter, brown sugar, pecans, cream

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/virginia-sweet-potato-pecan-pie (may not work)