Recipe for a good sweet potato casserole?

Question

I think that's what you call the dish with sweet potatoes covered with a spice mixture and topped with marshmallows :). Does anyone have some variation or different ingresients i could try next time i make it? thanks!

Answer 1

This is a recipe from the food network... Tyler Florence's whipped sweet potatoes and bananas with honey. I made this for Thanksgiving and for the first time ever, there was none left over!


5 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed
4 bananas, unpeeled
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup honey
Kosher salt
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Prick the sweet potatoes all over with a fork, put them in a roasting pan and roast for 30 minutes. Toss the bananas into the pan and continue roasting for 10 to 15 minutes, until both the bananas and potatoes are very soft. Remove the pan from the oven but don't turn the oven off.

When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, scoop out the flesh into a large mixing bowl. Peel the bananas and add them to the bowl along with 1 stick of the butter, and the honey. Season with salt and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until everything's well combined and the mixture is fluffy. Spoon into an oven-proof serving bowl and smooth the top.

In a separate mixing bowl, use your fingers to rub together the remaining stick of butter, the brown sugar, flour, and pecans until the mixture is the consistency of coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the sweet potatoes and return to the oven. Cook for about 20 minutes, until the crumbs are golden. Serve hot.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Sweet Potato Casserole

3 cups mashed sweet potatoes (if using fresh potatoes, bake or boil before mashing)
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons melted margarine

Directions:

Combine all of the above. Spray the casserole with PAM. Pour all ingredients into casserole. Top with mixture below:

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 cup pecans
1 cup coconut
1/4 cup melted margarine

Mix all above well. Pour over the casserole and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Serves 6-8.

Answer 4

Sweet Potato and Cranberries Slice and steam one or two sweet potatoes. Peel and cut into chunks. Reserve water you steamed sweet potatoes in. Chop up 2 cups of cranberries. In a saucepan, bring the following to a slow, rolling boil: 2 cups cranberries 1 cup orange juice 1 cup reserved water 1/2 cup brown sugar (1/2 cup raisins optional) Take sweet potato chunks and place them in a casserole. Pour cranberry mix over them. Bake in the oven, with the turkey, for 45 minutes. Note: You can prepare it ahead of time (like the day before) and then just place it in the oven when your turkey is almost done. Happy Thanksgiving!

Answer 5

Spiced Sweet Potato Casserole:

You can assemble this casserole in its baking dish and store it, covered, in the refrigerator for up to a day.

3 pounds sweet potatoes
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 large eggs
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350°.

Pierce potatoes with a fork; arrange in a circle on paper towels in microwave oven. Microwave at HIGH 16 minutes or until tender, rearranging potatoes after 8 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes.

Cut each potato in half lengthwise; scoop out pulp into a large bowl. Discard skins. Add sugar and next 5 ingredients (sugar through nutmeg), and beat with a mixer at low speed until combined. Add eggs; beat until smooth.

Spoon mixture into a 1 1/2-quart baking dish; sprinkle with pecans. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup)

Answer 6

MICHIE's SWEET POTATO SOUFFLE:
3 lbs. sweet potatoes, peeled & cut into cubes
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar - divided
1/2 cup butter - melted - divided
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
up to 1/2 cup orange juice
1 cup chopped walnuts
large marshmallows
In a large saucepan over high heat, bring potatoes to boil, reduce heat; cover and simmer 15-20 minutes and drain.
Beat potatoes until slightly smooth, beat in eggs, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup melted butter, salt and cinnamon.
Starting with 1/4 cup orange juice, make mixture moist and fluffy.
Spread in a 2-3 quart pan. Top with nuts. Sprinkle 1/4 cup brown sugar, then 1/4 cup melted butter. Place Marshmallows on top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Don't let marshmallows over brown.

Answer 7

This is my favorite sweet potato casserole:

PRALINE SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE
4 or 5 sweet potatoes
1/4 stick butter
2/3 c. sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1tsp cinnamon

1/2 c. pecans, chopped
1/3 stick soft butter
1 c. brown sugar

Cook sweet potatoes in boiling water. When tender, cool and mash potatoes. Mix in next 5 ingredients. For topping, mix remaining ingredients and sprinkle over top of potatoes. Bake in a medium baking dish at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Answer 8

1 cup - sugar
1 tsp. - vanilla extract
1/3 cup - milk
2 - eggs
1/2 cup - butter or oleo
1 cup - firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup - all purpose flour
1/3 cup - butter or oleo
1 cup - finely chopped pecans
3 cups - cooked & mashed sweet potato
1. Combine sweet potatoes, sugar, eggs, vanilla, milk and 1/2 cup butter & beat with electric mixer until smooth.
2. Spoon into a greased 2 quart shallow casserole dish.
3. In a separate bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, 1/3 cup of butter and pecans; mix.
4. Sprinkle over top of casserole.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Watch pecan top layer which should become toasted, but not burnt.

Answer 9

This was my mother's recipe. I still make it every year.
3 cups of mashed sweet potatoes(I use fresh, not canned)
1 cup of sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1/2 cup of milk
1/2 stick of melted butter

Mix everything together. Pour into greased casserole dish. Cook at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and top with marshmallows. Return to oven and broil (watching closely!!) long enought to brown and melt the marshmallows.

Answer 10

First, boil your potatoes . Drain and cool them . Spray the inside of a glass pan and put the potatoes in . Drop several tablespoons of butter on them all aroun the pan . Add several tablespoons of brown sugar . Drizzle vanilla generously on top . Shake cinnamon and a little nutmeg on them . Cover and bake at 350 for about 30-40 minutes . You can add mini-marshmallows and don't cover . The dish is done when it's hot or when the marshmallows are golden brown .