Sweet Potato Souffle

Northern Polar Bear's Note:

If you want to wow your guests for the Holidays this will do it.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 15

• 5 -6 baked peeled and mashed sweet potatoes
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Topping

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/3 cup coconut

Directions:

1. Bake sweet potatoes in oven until soft 1 to 1 1/2 hours at 350°F Pierce with fork to test.
2. Peel then mash with egg beater.
3. Mix in each ingredient separately and beat after each addition until light and fluffy.
4. Pour into 15x10-inch Pyrex pan or two 9x13-inch. Mix topping ingredients together and sprinkle over sweet potatoes.
5. Bake at 325°F for 25 minutes.
6. This will puff up so don't have the pans too full.
7. This freezes very well. If you use yams it is much dryer than using sweet potatoes.
8. Serves 15.

Reviews

[Chef #1234057]

Everybody raved about it! I used 6 huge sweet potatoes--cooked them in the microwave. Added some cinnamon and cloves. The topping worked fine--crumbled like it should. I used some extra brown sugar (a little left in the box so I just dumped it in). I was concerned about cooking time---had to cook it about an hour until it tested done like a pumpkin pie. Also--I was concerned about using an egg beater as is says in the recipe. I used the Kitchen Aid and really whipped it. Did not puff up, but did not matter. I used 2 9X13 pans.

[Chef ChiSox#1]

This was fantastic. Definently more like a dessert than a side dish. I used 2% milk instead of the evap. milk & cut the butter in half in both the potatoes & the topping to a 1/2 stick (1/4c) each. Next time I will add only half a cup of the sugar in the potatoes.

[Bonnie G #2]

This was so good, for the holidays my Mother had always made a sweet potatoe recipe from canned yams with brown sugar and marshmallows and I couldn't even bring myself to try that overly sweet, sticky dish even though she loved it. She passed away this last year and I knew I had to have something like it on my Easter table so found this one and thought I'd try it. What a hit, it was just the right amount of sweetness and so light and tasty. I've been missing out all this time. Went great with our smoked Easter ham. Mine didn't poof up for some reason but the taste was sure there.