Sweet potato casserole
Sweet potato casserole, from above
Non vegEggAmerican South

Sweet potato casserole

Buttery mashed sweet potato under a crunchy pecan streusel. Dessert sneaking onto the dinner plate.

75 minTime
4 gProtein each
mildSpice
Thanksgiving's sweet side1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPecan streusel topped, Southern style.
The original
346kcalsame
4 gproteinsame
5 gfibresame
75minutessame

Sweet potato casserole.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

8 servings
Sweet potato1 kg
Butter7 tbsp, divided
Brown sugar½ cup plus 2 tbsp, divided
Milk¼ cup
Egg1
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)½ tsp
Cinnamon powder½ tsp
Salta pinch
Pecans¾ cup, chopped
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)¼ cup

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Boil or bake sweet potatoes until very soft; peel and mash.
  2. 2Beat in 60 g butter, 50 g sugar, milk, egg, vanilla, cinnamon and salt. Spread in a dish.
  3. 3Rub remaining butter, sugar and flour into crumbs; stir in pecans and scatter over.
  4. 4Bake at 180 C for 30 minutes.
Serve it like this

Bring the dish to the table warm, spoon out portions with plenty of topping, next to roast turkey and greens.

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Make it a meal

What goes with Sweet potato casserole: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Cornbread35 min
Bread or rice Dinner rolls150 min
With a main Roast turkey with gravy240 min
With a main Southern fried chicken60 min
On the side Green bean casserole50 min
On the side Mashed potatoes30 min
To drink Hot spiced apple cider30 min
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