Description
Sweet potato casserole by Paula Deen brings Southern comfort to your dinner table, blending creamy mashed sweet potatoes with a crunchy pecan topping. Rich, indulgent flavors meld together, creating a memorable side dish you’ll crave at every holiday gathering.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 4 large sweet potatoes (3 cups mashed)
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup melted butter
Sweet Potato Casserole Seasonings:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Liquid Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup milk (120 milliliters)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven and prepare a spacious rectangular baking vessel with a light butter coating to prevent sticking.
- Transform cooked sweet potatoes into a silky, luxurious blend by whisking them with granulated sweetener, creamy dairy, farm-fresh eggs, aromatic vanilla extract, liquid butter, and a delicate salt essence until the mixture achieves a velvety consistency.
- Gently cascade the vibrant orange potato mixture into the prepared baking dish, ensuring an even distribution across the surface.
- Craft a decadent streusel topping by combining rich brown sugar, finely milled flour, melted golden butter, and roughly chopped pecan fragments in a separate mixing bowl.
- Lavishly scatter the nutty, caramelized topping across the sweet potato foundation, creating a textural landscape of crumbly goodness.
- Position the casserole in the preheated oven and allow it to transform, baking until the topping develops a golden-bronze hue and achieves a delightful crisp texture, typically requiring 30-40 minutes of patient anticipation.
Notes
- Choose super-ripe sweet potatoes for maximum natural sweetness and creamier texture.
- For a gluten-free version, replace all-purpose flour with almond flour or gluten-free blend in the topping.
- Consider reducing sugar by 25% if using very sweet potatoes or preferring a less sugary dish.
- Toast pecans before adding to topping for deeper, more complex nutty flavor that elevates the entire casserole.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Side Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Southern (American)
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 45 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg