Once again, my photographer skills are lacking in this one, but I made this yummy sweet potato casserole last night to test it out before Thanksgiving. I wanted to make this recipe beforehand to see if it passed approval for the Thanksgiving Day menu. It definately did! The dish has a sweet potato base and is topped with a brown sugar, cinnamon, pecan topping.**Update: made this for our Thanksgiving crowd of 18 people and it received rave reviews..It's a keeper!
The recipe listed fills a 9x13 in pan. (I only made half in the pictures)Ingredients:
- 5-6 sweet potatoes
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 c unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 c sugar
- 3 T milk or heavy cream (I used milk)
For topping:
- 1/4 c butter, softened
- 3 T all-purpose flour
- 3/4 c packed brown sugar
- 2/3 c chopped pecans
- (Feel free to add more of this topping mixture..it's the best part!!)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 deg F
- Lightly grease 9x13 in bakin dish. Bake the whole sweet potatoes for about 35 mins or until they are soft. Check softness with a fork. (Mine were not completely soft, so I put them in the microwave to finish cooking). When done, cool slightly then peel.
- In a large bowl, mash the peeled potatoes and mix in salt, 1/4 c butter, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, sugar, milk. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
- In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 c butter, flour, b. sugar, chopped pecans. Mix until the consistency of course meal. Spread it over the sweet potato mixture.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until topping is crisp and lightly browned. Enjoy!
It looks good. Is it that different from the marshmallow topped version? Growing up this and the cranberry sauce were pretty much my meal. I've added a few more dishes but this is still one I make room for.
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Yes it is different...My mom and I aren't big marshmallow lovers, plus our family didn't have the tradition of having sweet potatoes or yams at Thanksgiving, so we thought we would try this instead. After the test run of it I'm looking forward to having it at the table!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea sweet potatoes could be used for a sweet dish. Wow much more exciting than how we use them in the UK.
ReplyDeleteInteresting Luigi...
ReplyDeleteMost often I have heard of ppl enjoying it as a sweet dish (even though I usually make them myself as a savory dish instead), but usually I have seen it made with marshmallows on top. Thought I would try this twist on what I was used to seeing, using brown sugar and pecans. Can't say enough how much I liked it!