Hart's Delight (Sweet potato and Apples Casserole)

This is a great dish to make for a large holiday feast. It is a little time consuming unless you have a food processor to slice the yams and apples. It is exceptionally good and the sauce over the top makes it wonderful.

  (Aunt June Campbell)

3 cups raw sweet potatoes sliced paper thin

2 cups apples sliced not quite so thin

1 t cinnamon

½ t salt

6 T water

2 T lemon juice

¾ cup sifted all purpose flour

1 cup sugar

⅓ cup butter

Mix lemon juice and water in a deep bowl; as you slice potatoes dunk in this juice; also the apples. Mix cinnamon and salt. Line bottom of casserole with sliced potatoes then a row of sliced apples. Sprinkle salt and cinnamon slightly over apples. Continue this procedure until all potatoes and apples are used, sprinkling each layer of apples with the salt and cinnamon. Pour remaining lemon-water over casserole.

Mix butter and sugar in mixmaster or until creamy. Gradually add flour until mixture looks like cornmeal. Spread this mixture over top of casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

SAUCE:

⅓ cup butter

⅓  cup Confectioners powdered sugar

¼ t lemon extract

1 t light cream

Cream butter in mixmaster. Gradually add sugar; when well blended add cream; then extract.

This sauce is put on top of casserole after the casserole is cooked and has been out of the oven at least 10 minutes. Drop this sauce, by teaspoonful on top of casserole, serve at once.