Mashed Sweet Potatoes

This is a recipe I stumbled onto accidentally one evening. I started out following a recipe that I had found in a magazine (Parenting or the like) and realized that I didn't have everything the recipe called for... then I realized that I was "done" way too early compared to when we were going to eat. Here's what I came up with... and we love it!

Ingredients:
3 -4 Sweet Potatoes
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 Cup milk
1/4 teaspoon Orange peel spice (McCormick's grated Orange peel)
Pinch of Cloves
Pinch of Nutmeg
Salt to taste

Wash, Peel, and Cube the Sweet Potatoes. Boil until the potatoes are tender and drain. Add butter to the pot used for boiling potatoes, return drained potatoes to pot and mash with the butter. I use my Pampered Chef Mix 'n' Masher. Add milk and spices to potatoes and mix.If you want, you can stop and serve the potatoes here... But, we add a little twist.

Spoon mashed potatoes into a baking dish and smooth, sprinkle top with brown sugar and top with pecans. Slide into a hot oven and bake for 20 to 30 minutes.

This is a side dish I like to make when I know I will be using the oven for our main course, so I don't worry about what temperature the oven is at for the potatoes. I just pop them in for the last part of the cooking process.