Sweet Potato Casserole

Sweet Potato Casserole is a delectable must-make holiday side dish. It’s traditional in the South to serve it at Thanksgiving, as well as Christmas and Easter. It pairs beautifully with roast turkey or baked ham. It’s topped with a buttery streusel crumb topping that’s filled with chopped pecans. The pecans not only add texture, but takes the addition takes the flavor to another level of deliciousness.

Easy Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

Sweet potatoes are a side dish that I seem to gravitate to fairly often. They’re good for you and provide many of the important nutrients that our bodies need including fiber. They also tend to have a lower impact on blood glucose levels than white or russet potatoes. While all of that is certainly beneficial, we simply love the versatility and taste of sweet potatoes in pretty much any form. While I’m not implying these are healthy food options, it does take take a bit of the food guilt out of indulging from time to time, doesn’t it?

How to Make the Best Southern Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

• Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade Sweet Potato Casserole: Sweet potatoes, evaporated milk, light brown sugar, butter, large eggs, pumpkin pie spice or ground cinnamon and salt.
• To make the streusel topping you’ll need: Chopped pecans, all purpose flour, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, salt and cold butter. It’s best to use a pastry blender to cut the cold butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles peas.
• Kitchen gadgets you’ll need: A 2 quart baking dish, measuring cups and spoons, medium mixing bowl, small mixing bowl, sheet pan, nut chopper or sharp knife and cutting board, pastry blender and a hand mixer or a stand mixer.
• I use pumpkin pie spice in this recipe and it works beautifully. You can adapt using ground cinnamon, instead. Pumpkin pie spice doesn’t taste like pumpkin, it consists of a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove and allspice. It pairs equally well with sweet potatoes and gives another use for the spice blend in my kitchen.
• When choosing sweet potatoes err on the side of larger rather than smaller. Scrub the skins with a vegetable scrubber and leave the peel intact. It is helpful to place them onto a sheet pan and pierce the top with a knife to allow steam to escape while baking.
• Should the sweet potatoes be baked or boiled? One thing of note, I recommend that you bake your own sweet potatoes for this sweet potato dish. It makes them super easy to peel and less nutrients are lost. Plus, it’s a whole lot easier to do than peeling and boiling and the amount of sugar and sodium in the recipe is ideal.
• Canned sweet potatoes often include additional sugar. You could adapt this recipe using canned sweet potatoes in a pinch but you may need to adjust some of the other ingredients as well. When in doubt, follow the recipe as is and make your own for the best outcome.
• For a time saver, you can fully assemble this sweet potato casserole one day in advance, then chill in the refrigerator until baking. When doing so, give it 20 minutes or so on the counter to warm to room temperature prior to baking. You may also need to extend the bake time by 5-10 minutes.
• Store leftover Sweet Potato Casserole chilled in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
• Reheat in single servings in the microwave or lay foil on top and reheat in a 325°F oven just until heated through.

 

More Sweet Potato Recipes to Make

• Roasted Honey Chipotle Wedges are super simple to make crispy and golden in the oven.
• Ham and Sweet Potato Hash can be served for breakfast brunch lunch or supper.
• The family will flip for this Sweet Potato Cornbread. 
• Sweet Potato Fries are a terrific change from classic french fries.
• Sweet Potato Biscuits are scrumptious stuffed with ham or turkey.
• Short on oven space? Make this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole.
• My recipe for Southern style Sweet Potato Pie is the only one you’ll ever need.
• You may also enjoy this unique twist on potato salad using sweet potatoes called  Southwestern Sweet Potato Salad from Julie’s Eats and Treats.

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Helpful Kitchen Items:

• 13 x 9 inch Dish
• Cheese Grater
• Spatula
• Chopping Board and Knives