This baked sweet potato casserole is my favorite. Wonderful side dish for Thanksgiving or Christmas but we love this anytime. It’s a super easy dish to make, doesn’t have a lot of ingredients and is a delicious dish! You may also love this great Mashed Potato Casserole, it’s another popular recipe. Ingredients Needed for Baked Sweet Potato Casserole:Large sweet potatoes, cooked and peeled (I boil mine. You could also use canned sweet potatoes, drained. Two of the tall 40-ounce cans, but I think the fresh sweet potatoes are best) Butter Heavy cream (could use evaporated milk or regular milk) Brown sugar Egg Vanilla extract Ground cinnamon Nutmeg Chopped (Walnuts or pecans) Marshmallows (optional) Recipe Notes: I used a 2 quart casserole dish for this recipe. This dish reheats well in the microwave or oven and could be put together the night before. Just add the nuts and marshmallows when cooked the next day. I’ve also made this in a 7X11 dish. Just whatever everything will fit in! Recipe Comments: “I made this last week for Thanksgiving and HANDS DOWN best sweet potatoes EVER….. the family fell in love…. I have referred your page to soooo many people!”-Krisitie “Saw this and tried it for the first time on Turkey Day. My family was not happy with my idea of trying this recipe instead. However, they are now converts and have insisted this casserole be our new, official holiday sweet potato recipe. .and I agree with them 100%! It is phenomenal!”-Lori Are you reading our digital magazine, Front Porch Life? It’s full of great new recipes, country living, fantastic people, southern charm, cooking tips, and so much more. We send it directly to your email so you can start reading, cooking, and relaxing immediately! This is our premium content not found on our website. Join thousands of others today and start enjoying our magazine! This recipe for Baked Sweet Potato Casserole will become your favorite. Course: Side Dish Cuisine: American Keyword: Baked Sweet Potato Casserole
I used a 7 x 11 casserole dish for this recipe. Reheats well in the microwave or oven. This dish could be put together the night before without the nuts and marshmallows and cooked the next day. Don’t forget about our Ebooks! Each Ebook is a collection of our most popular recipes. You will have them all at your fingertips and can pull them up at any time. Nice and convenient instead of having to search a database. You can purchase each Ebook individually or buy the bundle. Don’t Forget to Pin our Baked Sweet Potato Casserole! Follow us on Instagram. © The Southern Lady Cooks photos and text – All rights reserved. No copying, posting on other sites, or other uses allowed without written permission of the copyright holder. Why do people add marshmallows to sweet potatoes?It's basically a dessert disguised as a side dish
In fact, they're just the right amount of sweet. Not only is nonsensically coating them with a blanket of marshmallows a disservice to an already great and healthy ingredient, but doing so essentially tips the scale from a side dish to a dessert.
Why do you add eggs to sweet potato casserole?The egg is the all-important binder in a sweet potato casserole: it enriches and stiffens the mixture without making it heavy. Make sure to cool the mash slightly before adding the egg so it doesn't scramble, and to stir well so there are no streaks of cooked egg white in the finished dish.
Do you need eggs in sweet potato casserole?Should I Put Eggs In My Sweet Potato Casserole? Yes, sweet potato casseroles are best with eggs. Eggs add structure to the dish so that it's more than just a sweet potato mash. It's important to make sure the sweet potatoes have cooled enough before you mix in the eggs, otherwise they'll just scramble in the bowl.
Why does sweet potato casserole have marshmallows?According to Saveur, it was 1917 when the first instance of sweet potatoes baked with a coat of marshmallows appeared in a recipe booklet commissioned by Angelus Marshmallows. Since then, the dish found its way into more and more culinary publications, allowing for nationwide recognition.
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