Sweet Potato Casserole

There are various things you can prepare using sweet potatoes. You can bake them and fill with sour cream or butter. You can make them into skin-on or peeled sweet potato fries. Or you can make sweet potato casserole! This recipe is perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas, or you can make it whenever you want something extra-special.

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Sweet Potato Casserole

Boiled and then mashed, sweet potatoes are the main component of this dish, and then you can take your pick from various toppings, depending on your palate and how sweet you want the dish to be. Bacon or walnuts are savory topping options, while maple syrup or marshmallows are for those of us with a sweet tooth. If you’re making this for a crowd, you could even make half more savory and half more sweet. You can make this using canned sweet potatoes if you’re in a rush, or fresh ones if you want to make this more traditionally.

Why You’ll Love the Recipe:

This easy sweet potato casserole is perfect for your festive dinner table. It features sweet potatoes along with vanilla, sugar, spices, cream, and pecans. There’s a bit of everything in here – savory, sweet, soft, and crunchy, all at once. It’s beautiful served with turkey, ham or whatever roasted meats you are making, and is a must-have for Thanksgiving or Christmas.

How to Serve It:

Paired with roasted meats, grilled chicken or any other meat you’re cooking, this sweet potato casserole offers sweet, delicious flavors. Enjoy it hot with your festive fare.

Can You Make It Ahead?

Yes, you can make the sweet potato casserole in advance if you like, and then just bake it later.

Storage Instructions

Leftovers will keep in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Another idea is to freeze the sweet potato casserole for up to 2 months and then thaw overnight before reheating for 20 minutes at 350°F in the oven.

Variations and Substitutions

Use canned or fresh sweet potatoes, and white or brown sugar. You can swap the cinnamon and nutmeg for allspice or pumpkin pie spice. As for the topping, add mini marshmallows if you want – this seems to be a tweak some people love and others really don’t. So let your palate be your guide!

Ingredients

You’ll combine two sets of ingredients for these sweet potatoes. There are the actual potatoes themselves as well as the crunchy pecan topping. Don’t worry; all the ingredients are super easy to work with, and you shouldn’t have any trouble at all, making this sweet potato casserole. 

Potatoes:

• 3 pounds sweet potatoes
• 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• Three eggs
• Two teaspoons vanilla
• 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/3 cup heavy cream

Topping:

• 1 ½ cups brown sugar
• Five tablespoons butter, melted
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups pecans, chopped

How to Make Sweet Potato Casserole

I’m so excited to be sharing this recipe with you! It makes me feel like the holidays are so nearby. I hope that you will make this easy sweet potato casserole for your family gathering and that everybody loves it. 

First Step: Peel and boil sweet potatoes until tender. One the mashed potatoes are done, drain off water.

Second Step: Mash with a fork or hand mixture until creamy.

Third Step: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix sweet potatoes with the next seven ingredients and beat until a smooth consistency is reached.

Fourth Step: Spray a large 9×13 pan or a couple of smaller casserole dishes with non-stick cooking spray. Pour sweet potato mixture into the pan.

Fifth Step: Mix topping, and then add to sweet potatoes. Bake for 25 to 28 minutes. Or until the sweet potato casserole is fully cooked.       

Enjoy!

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Are you looking for more incredible recipes to complete your holiday dinner table? Let’s take a look at these tasty dishes to please your family. 

Oven Roasted Potatoes – Not only do these oven-roasted potatoes taste great for the holidays, but they are also lovely year-round with all your favorite meals.

Spicy Sweet Potatoes – If you want to make a variety, consider these spicy sweet potatoes. They are AWESOME! When you bite into there sweet and spicy goodness, you have hooked right away.

Spiced Pumpkin Homemade Dinner Rolls – You can’t have holiday dinner without some dinner rolls! These have a lovely spiced pumpkin flavor that’s out of this world. You really don’t want to miss out on these. 

Stuffed Sweet Potatoes – Another excellent way to make sweet potatoes is to skip the casserole and just cook the potato. It’s so tasty and easy to make this way too. Plus, less clean up.