Yummy Sweet Potato Casserole

Yummy Sweet Potato Casserole

Dinner
65 min
12 servings
226 kcal / serving

A creamy sweet potato casserole with a crunchy pecan topping. Easy to make ahead, this recipe is the perfect side dish for your holiday meal.

Ingredients

  • 4 cupspeeled, cubed sweet potatoes
  • 2 largeeggs, beaten
  • ½ cupwhite sugar
  • ½ cupmilk
  • 4 tablespoonsbutter, softened
  • ½ teaspoonvanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoonsalt
  • ½ cuppacked brown sugar
  • 3334326744 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoonsbutter, softened
  • ½ cupchopped pecans

Directions

  1. 1

    Gather the ingredients. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

  2. 2

    To prepare the sweet potatoes: Put sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan and cover with water. Cook over medium-high heat until tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain and transfer to a large bowl.

  3. 3

    Mash drained sweet potatoes with a fork. Add eggs; mix until well combined. Add sugar, milk, butter, vanilla, and salt; mix until smooth. Transfer to a 9x13-inch baking dish.

  4. 4

    To make the topping: Mix brown sugar and flour together in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter until mixture is coarse and looks like peas; don't overmix. Stir in pecans. Sprinkle topping over sweet potato mixture.

  5. 5

    Bake in the preheated oven until topping is lightly browned, about 30 minutes.

  6. 6

    Serve and enjoy!