The Sweetest Sweet Potatoes
The Sweetest Sweet Potatoes. This is seriously my favorite recipe for sweet potatoes ever!
It wasn't until a couple years ago that I discovered my love of sweet potatoes. I'm not sure why I hadn't eaten them much before that.
It isn't like I had anything against them or disliked them, but they just weren't something I ate much of. However, once I did discover them, I found that one of the most amazing dishes to make with sweet potatoes is this recipe for the sweetest sweet potatoes.
Think sweet potatoes with a streusel topping. This could nearly classify as a dessert instead of a side dish (but don't worry, we won't classify it as a dessert, so feel free to eat that piece of pie!).
Can you boil sweet potatoes?
You definitely can. If you'd like to boil your sweet potatoes to make this sweet potato casserole, feel free.
Peel the sweet potatoes before boiling. Boil for about 15 minutes, until easily poked with a fork. Drain well.
While you can boil your sweet potatoes, I recommend baking them. It may take a little longer in cooking time, but I prefer the texture of baked sweet potatoes over boiled sweet potatoes.
You also lose some of the nutrients in the sweet potatoes when you boil them and then drain off the nutrient-laden water.
Can you leave sweet potato casserole out over night?
We don't recommend it. Proper food safety handling requires keeping food out of the danger zone of 40-140º.
Once the sweet potato casserole has bee heated to temp, it should get put back into the refrigerator within 2 hours. This is true of most of your Thanksgiving dinner.
Food left out for longer carries a real risk of growing bacteria that can make you sick, and no one wants to be sick at Thanksgiving time. So play it safe and refrigerate any leftovers.
📖 Recipe
The Sweetest Sweet Potatoes
Deliciously sweet Sweet Potato Casserole, topped with a nutty streusel.
Ingredients
- 5 cups sweet potatoes, cooked (I used 4 large sweet potatoes and baked them)
- ½ cup butter, melted
- ⅓ cup evaporated milk
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
Topping
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup flour
- ⅓ cup cold butter
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease 13x9 pan.
- In a stand mixer (or using a mixer in a large mixing bowl), beat the sweet potatoes until they are smooth.
- Add butter, evaporated milk, sugar, vanilla and eggs, and mix until well blended.
- Spread in greased pan.
- In a medium bowl, stir together flour and brown sugar. Cut cold butter into the mixture, until mixture is crumbly. Stir in chopped nuts.
- Sprinkle topping over sweet potatoes.
- Bake approximately 35 minutes until golden brown.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
12Serving Size
12 ServingsAmount Per Serving Calories 364Total Fat 20gSaturated Fat 9gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 67mgSodium 154mgCarbohydrates 43gFiber 4gSugar 26gProtein 5g
The nutritional information provided here is not guaranteed to be accurate and is provided for informational (and google) purposes only.
Are sweet potatoes part of the Thanksgiving meal at your house?
If you love sweet potatoes, you'll want to check out these fabulous Sweet Potato Breakfast Recipes, as well as these Sweet Potato Salad Recipes!
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I've used it as a side dish with our Thanksgiving dinner, and had plenty for 12 or more people. But if it was with a regular meal (where there aren't 20 side dishes!) I would say it would be more like 8 servings. Hope that helps!
If I make these ahead of time and bring them to room temperature, how long will it take to reheat them?
Kathy, I've never made them ahead of time, so I don't know how long they would take to reheat. However, they only take 35 minutes to bake, so I would just get them ready to the point of baking ahead of time, but wait to bake them until 35 minutes before you need them. I imagine they would take nearly as long to reheat as they do to bake.
I have a casserole carrier like this (http://goo.gl/ijjz0L) that I put the sweet potatoes into- just microwave the hot pad, and it keeps them nice and hot while I prepare other parts of the meal (I've had it keep things warm for 1-2 hours easily). Hope that helps!
These look great. It's a shame more people don't enjoy sweet potatoes year around. But I'll gladly enjoy these for them. Thanks for sharing the recipe with us during Little Family Adventure's FB party
I agree, Nicky! I stocked up on sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving, and we've been munching on them ever since- they're so delicious & nutritious (although they're obviously not too healthy in this recipe!). Thanks for coming by!
My mother-in-law makes a very similar recipe. It's SO good! Thanks for sharing with Thrive @ Home Thursday!
I love linking up at your party, Jenni! Thanks for stopping by our blog!
Thanks for the kind words. They really are amazing, and my 2 year old son was sure that they were "buzzert" (dessert), they're so yummy.
Jamie, these sweet potatoes look amazing! Its one of my favorite parts of the Thanksgiving meal! Thanks for sharing at Saturday Night Fever - pinning now to our group board!
Thanks for the pin and I hope you enjoy them! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Sounds delicious! Me too, I only eat sweet potatoes since 3 years or so and I love to try new recipes!
Thanks for sharing at Foodies & Crafties Soirée!
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Isn't it funny how we will just keep making the same foods over and over instead of branching out and trying new things? Not because we're afraid of trying new things, but just because the tried and true is easier. I'm so glad I added sweet potatoes to my menu- they're amazing!
Oooh! This looks so yummy. My mom always makes a dish nearly identical to this for Thanksgiving and I love it. My husband has already requested I take it to our friend's holiday get together in a couple of weeks. Like you, I really don't know the difference between sweet potatoes and yams. I can find one of them here in Costa Rica at the farmer's market (score!) but have no idea which it is.
I imagine it would still be delicious whether yams or sweet potatoes are used, so use whatever you can get!
It's getting ready to snow here in Idaho, and Costa Rica sounds fabulous!
Sweet Potatoes are more of a white color and Yams are more orange. They taste about the same but the sweet potatoes are a little sweeter.
Thanks Jamie for sharing this at Talking Tuesday. Love sweet potatoes!!!
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These look fabulous! Pinned and tweeted! XOXO
We appreciate the sharing! Thanks, Linda!
Those sweet potatoes sound heavenly! I will pin this recipe. I followed you on BlogLovin. I am visiting from Social Media Sunday. I will follow all your other social media too!
Thanks, Betty! We followed you as well.
Oh these sound incredible! I have sweet potatoes sitting in my pantry right now and this recipe is calling my name.
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I love sweet potatoes, especially ones prepared like this!
Thanks, Megan! So do I!