Southern Sweet Potato Casserole

Submitted by Kaykwilts

"I always cook this dish in the fall when sweet potatoes are in season and can usually find at a good price. This is a wonderful dish to serve with your Thanksgiving dinner."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 3 cups sweet potatoes
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄3 cup milk

• Topping

• 1⁄3 cup melted butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1 cup chopped pecans

directions

1. Boil and mash potatoes.
2. Mix in sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla and milk.
3. Put in a 13x9 inch baking dish.
4. For the topping melt butter and mix in remaining ingredients.
5. Sprinkle on top of the potato mixture.
6. Bake 25 miutes at 350 degrees.

Reviews

[larahanes_2183109]

We loved this AND it was easy to make...I used canned sweet potatoes..

 

[Sherri I.]

I use quartered sweet potatoes instead of mashed, substituted the milk and sugar for a can of sweetened condensed milk. We love this recipe and have been making it for 15 yrs now.

 

[MSippigirl]

Love sweet potato casserole! For a larger casserole, here's what I did and it was awesome. I baked and cooled fresh sweet potatoes first. I doubled the amounts of mashed potatoes and sugar, leaving the butter and vanilla the same, used 1 jumbo egg, and to make a firmer casserole, I omitted the milk altogether. I baked it for about 30-35 minutes before adding the Topping, then baked for another 15 minutes or so. To me, it's best to let it rest 20-30 minutes before serving. Another note..any leftover Topping freezes well for the next time.

 

[navarrafam]

Easy to cook. 3 cups was 2 large sweet potatos.

 

[Burned Toast]

I could not believe how wonderful this tasted! I followed the recipe exactly except I bought a can of sweet potatoes that was slightly larger than 3 cups. I mashed the sweet potatoes until they were no longer all that lumpy and rounded my measurements for the butter and brown sugar. When I had that first bite full of both brown sugar and melted butter, I was in heaven. I noted (after eating it for a week) that this tastes best when piping hot. I hate sweet potato casserole, so how is it I ate this whole casserole almost by myself? I would make this again tomorrow! Thank you for a sensational recipe.