Sweet Potato Casserole
345kcal5.3g protein13.2g fat52.4g carbs*Estimates computed from the ingredient list; cost uses average US supermarket prices. Not a substitute for packaging measurements or your receipt.
Contains gluten, dairy, egg, tree nut
Restrictions
Containsgluten · dairy · egg · tree nutIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.
Diets
Vegetarian · without onePescatarian · without oneNo porkNo alcohol · check
Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.
Ingredients
Servings:
| 3 lb |  sweet potatoes (whole) |
| ½ cup |  butter (divided) |
| ⅓ cup |  milk (warm) |
| 2 unit |  eggs |
| 1 tsp |  vanilla extract |
| ¾ tsp | salt |
| ½ tsp |  cinnamon (ground) |
| ½ cup |  brown sugar (for the topping) |
| ⅓ cup |  flour (for the topping) |
| 1 cup |  pecans (chopped) |
Optional
Not counted above. The dish works without them.
| 2 cup |  marshmallows (mini — the other congregation) |
Steps
- Roast55 min400°F, whole, until collapsingsweet potatoes whole in their skins until a squeeze meets no resistance — roasting drives moisture out and concentrates the sugars where boiling washes both away; the deep caramel note of a good casserole starts here or never
- Mash6 minflesh scooped hot, half the butter in firstthe flesh + half the butter melting on contact, then warm milk + eggs + vanilla + salt + cinnamon whipped smooth — the eggs are the difference between a casserole that slices and a puddle of mash wearing a topping; taste before adding ANY sugar to the base, because roasted sweet potatoes usually need none
- Mix3 minthe streusel, rubbed to clumpsbrown sugar + flour + pecans + the remaining butter (cold, cubed) rubbed with fingers until it clumps like wet sand — the flour is what keeps the topping crumbly instead of melting into candy glass
- Bake30 min350°F, streusel over the filled dishuntil the topping browns and the center puffs slightly — the eggs are setting a light soufflé under the crunch; marshmallow partisans add theirs for the final 10 minutes only, until bronzed, because marshmallows in from the start are a black lacquer by minute twenty
- Rest10 minbefore serving — like every custard-set dish it firms as it cools, and it reheats gracefully, which is why it is the one Thanksgiving side worth making a day ahead