My Granny's and Mom's Best and Different Sweet Potato Casserole
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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16
ingredients
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Casserole Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup milk, cold
- 1 (40 ounce) can yams, drained (we use Bruce's)
- 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 dash cinnamon
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Topping Ingredients
- 1 cup corn flakes, crushed
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 3⁄4 cup butter
- 1 cup coconut
directions
- In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in the milk.
- In a separate bowl, mash the yams with a fork.
- Add the yams, butter, eggs, sugar, and cinnamon to the cornstarch and milk and mix well.
- Pour into a 13x9 glass baking dish.
- Bake 20 minutes at 400°F.
- In the meantime, mix the topping ingredients over low heat until combined.
- Set aside until casserole has completed the 20 minute bake time.
- Then, spread the topping over casserole and bake another 15 minutes or until your topping begins to brown slightly.
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Reviews
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Lori- we must have the same tastebuds...and we are both Hoosiers! Thanks for trying some of my recipes. Just wanted to let anyone who considers this recipe for your sweet potatoes know that, even though it is a side, it is SUPPOSED to be sweet! Often, people put marshmallows on top and that makes it even sweeter. I've always made my version of this dish for the holidays using brown sugar, some marshmallows and pecans, but this year I used fresh sweet potatoes/yams and topped it with toasted coconut and it was a huge hit. You won't believe how great it is with the fresh yams. Love your recipes!
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This is a very good recipe for what I know as sweet potato pie. It is sweet, but it should be! My DH (who doesn't have a sweet tooth) would only eat pieces with extra topping on them! Next time I might decrease the sugar a very little bit (or drain the potatoes better!) and I will definitely add pecans to the topping! This makes a nice change to chipotle mashed! Thanks!
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I really thought that we'd like this, but it was much, much too sweet (I really didn't think that 1 1/2 cups sugar with the amount of potatoes would be that sweet - maybe the coconut/brown sugar topping put it ove the top?). Perhaps we should've thought of this as dessert, but as a side, it was, unfortunately, much too sweet for us. And even as a dessert, it would definitely be too sweet for me (my wife, on the other hand, might be all over it). I'm sorry it didn't work out for us.
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Hey there! I am the wife of my dh, Steve, to whom I've been married a very short 12yrs. I am also the SAHM of three boys (11yo and 4yo at home, 23yo on his own). My middle insists that you know he is #57 in the picture, the first player facing you. LOL I graduated from Ball State University with a BS in Pre-Professional Psychology, which I get use of here at home frequently. I enjoy entering local bakeoffs and contests, creating handmade cards and am active in my local MOPS group. I have a extensive collection of cookbooks, but have found that Zaar has taken care of my appetite for any hands on cookbooks. I just love to bake, especially for the high school football team here during the fall. It is my favorite time of the year......sweaters, bonfires, leaves, pumpkins, caramel apples, football, all the stuff about fall is fun! Thanks for checking out my "about me" page and I look forward to seeing you around on the boards.
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