Pecan-topped Sweet Potato Casserole

Here is how to make a dish for your holiday table of Pecan-Topped Sweet Potato Casserole. It consists of luscious, spiced, whipped sweet potatoes, with a wonderful crumbly mixture of brown sugar, butter, flour and pecans on top. Festive and scrumptious!

Category: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

3 reviews 
Ready in 1 hour
by ladybugplus

Ingredients

3 cups sweet potatoes or yams cooked (I used canned sweet potatoes.)

1/2 cup sugar

2 Eggs

1 stick butter or margarine melted

1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

1 teaspoon Ground nutmeg

cooking oil spray or butter for greasing baking dish


Directions

Topping: ? cup flour (I used self-rising flour.) ? stick butter or margarine, cool from the refrigerator 1 cup light brown sugar 1 cup chopped pecans In a large mixing bowl, mash 3 cups cooked sweet potatoes and mix with ? cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 stick melted butter or margarine, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg. (You may use an electric mixer to make a smooth mixture.) Pour into a greased 8-inch by 10-inch (or similar) oven-proof baking dish. (I used cooking oil spray to grease the baking dish.) Now make the topping: Mix ? cup flour, ? stick cool butter or margarine, 1 cup light brown sugar, and 1 cup chopped pecans, until crumbly. (You may want to use a pastry blender for the flour, butter, and brown sugar, and then stir in the pecans afterward.) Sprinkle topping over the sweet potato mixture in the baking dish, and bake at 350 degrees until bubbly and beginning to brown on top (about 20 to 30 minutes). This is my favorite holiday sweet potato casserole. It is very easy to make and the flavor is terrific! Enjoy!!!

Reviews


This is very similar to what I do b it I’ve never tried nutmeg in the sweet potatoes — I’ve always added cinnamon. I may try the nutmeg this year. And i like the idea of adding the nuts after mixing the flour/butter topping. Good tip.

lakecitygirl

This is exactly my grandmother's recipe that I have been making for Thanksgiving for years. I use 1/2 cup of flour and 1/4 cup of butter in the topping. This is always a hit at a potluck and is always what I bring to Thanksgiving dinner.

jellybean74

[I posted this recipe.]

ladybugplus

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