Who here loves sweet potatoes? I admit I was not a fan when I was younger, but now I LOVE them! Most people tend to consume sweet potatoes in the fall more than ever, especially at Thanksgiving time, but we like to enjoy them all year long. There really are so many ways to prepare and enjoy them. Some of our favorite sweet potato recipes include these Baked Parmesan Sweet Potatoes or these Pork Stuffed Sweet Potatoes.
Today’s recipe is one that is perfect as a side dish any time of year, but will be especially perfect for Thanksgiving. It has the perfect mix of sweet and savory and was also very simple to make. The creamy sweet potatoes are amazing and it’s topped with a butter-y, brown sugar and pecan topping which is delicious! This Sweet Potato casserole is sure to become a holiday favorite and will be a hit with all of those that especially love this kind of potato.
Be sure to bookmark this for your holiday menu because it is sure to be a hit! Our family may be crazy but we usually have a few varieties of potatoes at our holiday celebrations, but you can assure this will be made for our family to enjoy. 😉
Sweet Potato Casserole:
Sweet Potato Casserole
Ingredients
- 4 cups cubed sweet potatoes
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 tbsp butter softened
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp butter softened
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 325.
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In a medium pot, cover sweet potatoes in water and cook over medium high heat until tender; drain and mash.
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In a large bowl, mix together the mashed potatoes, sugar, eggs, salt, butter, milk and vanilla extract, until smooth. Poor in a greased 9x13" baking dish.
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Mix the brown sugar and flour in a medium bowl and cut in the butter until the mixture is coarse. Stir in pecans, and sprinkle mixture over your sweet potato mixture.
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Bake at 325 for 30 minutes, or until the top is lightly brown. ENJOY!
Adapted from allrecipes.com
TRIED & TRUE FINDINGS:
- DIFFICULTY: easy
- HOW MANY DOES IT FEED: 10
- ANY CHANGES MADE: none
- ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT TIME: none
ENJOY!
I love sweet potatoes, but like you, didn’t always, only learned to love and appreciate them over time, a great recipe, love the topping too, thank you and thank you for the other links as well
You are so welcome!! The topping is so good! Thank you!
Four cups is how many potatoes???
Four c.is how many potatoes??
Depending on size, but I like to think that one potato is about one cup 🙂
Hello, love Sweet Potato Casserole. Have you ever used Sweetened Condensed Milk, it is so yummy and creamy along with the brown sugar. My mouth is watering. 🙂
No. I haven’t. I will have to try! Thank you for sharing!
Love this recipe. Made it for Christmas dinner everyone loved it.
Glad it was a hit! Thank you for letting me know 🙂
Was just wondering if the butter is sAlted or unsalted. Thank u.
I like to use unsalted, so I can control the salt 🙂