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This Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecans is a treat as a side dish. It’s so deliciously sweet it could probably pass as a dessert.
This Sweet Potato Casserole recipe has been enjoyed by my family for at least 2 decades. Creamy sweet potatoes are baked with a sweet crunchy pecan topping. It’s not difficult to make and it pairs well with poultry dishes like chicken or turkey. Plus, it also is great with ham making it a great holiday side dish.
How To Make Sweet Potato Casserole
For this tasty side dish, you need the following ingredients:
Sweet Potatoes
- 1 40-ounce can of cooked sweet potatoes yams
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 stick butter, softened
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. allspice
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
Topping
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Naturally, you start by preheating your oven to 350° Fahrenheit. Spray a casserole dish with non-stick spray.
While the oven is heating, put all of the ingredients for the sweet potato base in a food processor – a large can of cooked sweet potatoes, egg, sugar, butter, milk, cinnamon, spices, baking powder, and salt. Puree the ingredients together.
Pour the sweet potato base into the prepared casserole dish and even it out.
Take the ingredients for the topping – brown sugar, all-purpose flour, softened butter, and chopped pecans – and place them in a large mixing bowl. Using two forks, blend the butter into the ingredients until it is coarse and crumbly.
Sprinkle the crumb mixture on top of the sweet potato base.
Bake the casserole for 45 minutes to an hour until it is no longer “jiggly” in the center. It will firm a little bit once it is taken out of the oven and cools.
Sweet Potato Casserole
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes
- 1 – 40 ounce can of cooked sweet potatoes drained
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 stick butter
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. allspice
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
Topping
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup plain flour
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit.
- Mix sweet potato ingredients together in a food processor until smooth. Pour into a 9-inch casserole dish that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
- Mix brown sugar, flour, butter and pecans together. Spread evenly over potato mixture.
- Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour or until casserole does not "jiggle."
Nutrition
I have not tried it yet, but I imagine that this recipe could be converted to a sweet potato pie recipe by using two pie crusts and adjusting the baking time. What do you think?
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