Maple Glazed Sweet Potatoes With Pecan Topping

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"You may prepare and bake this complete dish hours ahead, and let sit at room temperature, just rewarm in a 375 degree oven, uncovered for about 20 minutes."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup pure maple syrup, plus
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup (1/2 cup plus 2 tbsps in all)
• 6 tablespoons butter (no subs!)
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed (or use 1/2 cup unpacked)
• 7 tablespoons butter
• 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups chopped pecans
• 4 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into about 1/4-inch slices (you can slice them larger but you might have to increase the cooking time slightly)
• boiling water, with
• 1 tablespoon salt

directions

1. Set oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
3. In a large pot bring water with about 1 tablespoon salt to a full boil.
4. Add in sweet potatoes and bring back to a boil; simmer/blanch for about 5 minutes (no more than 5 minutes at a boil); drain and rinse under COLD water; pat dry slightly with paper towels.
5. Arrange the potatoes in the buttered dish, overlapping slighty.
6. Sprinkle with about 1/2 - 1 teaspoon salt.
7. Pour the maple syrup over potatoes in the dish.
8. Dot with about 6 tablespoons butter.
9. Cover with foil, and bake until the potatoes are ALMOST tender (about 25-30 minutes).
10. In a small bowl or cup mix the flour and brown sugar together.
11. Add in 7 tablespoons butter; rub together with fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; mix in pecans.
12. Remove the dish from oven and sprinkle the pecan mixture over over the potatoes.
13. Return to oven (uncovered) to bake for another 20 minutes.

Reviews

[lauralie41]

My DM and DD enjoyed these sweet potatoes a lot! The pecan topping is very good and loved the maple syrup on the sweet potatoes. The next day I roughly mashed them and they were great. Kitten thank you for a wonderfrul Thanksgiving dinner!

 

[Big John]

Have made this for family and friends twice now and everyone enjoys it. I'm going to make it again at Easter and tweak it a little.

 

[alsgalny]

I followed your recipe but this recipe didn't make a good sauce. It was very clumpy and we really did not care for the flavor. Sorry

 

[Lacy S.]

These were great. I made them at Thanksgiving to get away for the standard sweet potatoes we usually have. Thanks for the wonderful recipe.