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Easy Sweet Potato Casserole – classic Thanksgiving holiday side dish made easy! The praline topping is irresistible!

This dish is perfect served with my Oven Roasted Turkey Breast and Hashbrown Casserole.

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Sweet Potato Casserole is my favorite Thanksgiving ( and holiday in general, because I make it for Christmas too ) side dish. It’s sweet, delicious and the praline pecan topping is amazing! For my marshmallow loving kids, I cover the top of this casserole with mini marshmallows and bake just until they are toasted. We never have leftovers from this dish!

This recipe makes the best and easiest Sweet Potato Casserole with the perfect texture and topping. It has been a family favorite for years!

Instructions:

The best sweet potato casserole has to have the right texture. It needs to melt in your mouth, be smooth and not watery or soggy. This dish cuts really easy and won’t run all over your plate. Cut peeled sweet potatoes into large chunks and place in a large pot. Cover with water and cook until done. Drain really well. You can also cook sweet potatoes in the Instant Pot ( which is my favorite method ), just like I did in this recipe. Next, mash potatoes really well, until the texture is smooth. Let the potatoes cool for a little bit before adding the rest of the ingredients. Hot potatoes with scramble the eggs. Add butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs and mix well. Spread mixture in a buttered casserole dish, prepare the topping and sprinkle on top. Bake the dish and if desired, top with mini marshmallows and place under broiler or back into the hot oven to toast them.

Can I make it ahead of time?

Cook potatoes till soft, cool completely, then mix with remaining ingredients. Spread mixture in buttered dish and cover the dish with saran wrap. Store in the fridge. Wait to top it with the pecan brown sugar topping just before baking, for best results. You can store the topping mixture in a ziploc bag. After you take the casserole out of the fridge, let it sit in a room temperature for 30 minutes. If you take it from a cold fridge to a hot oven, the dish may shatter.

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Preparing the potatoes:

The most common way to cook sweet potatoes for a casserole is to peel them, chop them and cook on a stovetop in a pot. Since I had my Instant Pot, I let it do the work and I have the stovetop free to make gravy or the cranberry sauce. You can also cook sweet potatoes baked style, scoop the flesh and mash for the casserole.

Reheating:

To reheat a sweet potato casserole, preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Cover the dish with aluminum foil, to prevent the brown sugar pecan topping from burning, and bake for about 15 minutes.

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Easy Sweet Potato Casserole
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

A classic Thanksgiving holiday side dish made easy! The praline topping is irresistible! 

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: sweet potato casserole
Servings: 5 people
Calories: 485 kcal
Author: Anna
Ingredients
  • 2 lbs sweet potatoes
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt divided
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tablespoons butter melted cooled
  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
  1. Butter 2 quart casserole dish. Set aside.
  2. Peel and dice sweet potatoes. Cook in a pot with water until soft.
  3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  4. Once potatoes are cooked, drain and mash. Add butter, brown sugar, vanilla, salt and eggs. Mix well. Using a whisk helps. Spread potato mixture in prepared casserole dish. Set aside.

  5. In another mixing bowl, mix together sugar, flour, salt and nuts. Add melted butter and stir with a fork, until it forms crumbly dough.
  6. Sprinkle the topping over the mashed potatoes.
  7. Bake casserole for 25 minutes. If desired, add mini marshmallows. Place dish back in the oven and bake until the marshmallows are toasted, about 3 to 5 minutes.
  8. Cool before serving.
Recipe Notes

To reheat a sweet potato casserole, preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Cover the dish with aluminum foil, to prevent the brown sugar pecan topping from burning, and bake for about 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts
Easy Sweet Potato Casserole
Amount Per Serving
Calories 485 Calories from Fat 126
% Daily Value*
Fat 14g22%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 89mg30%
Sodium 449mg20%
Potassium 716mg20%
Carbohydrates 84g28%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 50g56%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 26115IU522%
Vitamin C 4.4mg5%
Calcium 105mg11%
Iron 2.1mg12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  3. Elaine says

    I made this for a Christmas Party yesterday. There were 25 people so I used 10 pounds of sweet potatoes. That’s the recipe by 5 times.

    Normally, I get annoyed when someone tries a recipe and then changes everything around. However, when reaching for the brown sugar, I realized I was out and didn’t have time to go to the store. That called for a 2 1/2 cups of brown sugar. Yikes! I panicked! Looked for a substitute. I ended up using 1 cup of dark corn syrup, 1 cup of sugar, and 1/2 cup of honey. Did not use the topping because the hostess is allergic to nuts.
    I put everything in a 9×13 pan, but had to leave some out because the pan would have overflowed. Even with the changes, everyone loved it, and there was nothing left. Several have asked for the recipe. I’ll have to give them your version, and then my bastardized version. Thanks from everyone who was at the party!

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  4. Penny Moore says

    This recipe sound amazing. My question is that I would like to use canned yams instead. How many cans of yams would equal 2 pounds of sweet potatoes? Thank you, Penny and happy holidays.

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  6. Alicia says

    I found this recipe a few years ago and tried it at Thanksgiving and it was a huge hit! Every year I get asked to make this same dish and I have to double it now because its usually one of the first to get eaten all up and leaving my family wanting more! Thank you so much for sharing the best sweet potato casserole I’ve ever had!

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  7. Erin says

    If I wanted to double up and freeze a second batch, how well do you think it would keep and would you recommend cooking before freezing?

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  9. Kallo says

    The recipe calls for 1/2 c brown sugar twice. Do I put half in and put the other half on top it doesn’t specify in the recipe.

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    • Vicki says

      That’s what I want to know too! Same with the butter. How much goes in the potatoes and hot much gets melted for the topping?

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      • Beth says

        The ingredients list for recipe should be broken down a bit better but for a seasoned cook, you use all ingredients down to vanilla with the sweet potato and the topping is the remaining ingredients.

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      • Tammy50 says

        When this was made in huge amounts in a nursing home, we always boiled the potatoes whole with skins on.
        After removing from hot water, we’d put ice over the potatoes to cool.
        Then we would peel the potatoes with our hands!
        Sweet potatoes are very difficult to peel raw.
        My sister makes this ALL the time! She bakes her potatoes in the microwave and then peels them!
        Her casserole is EXPECTED at Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners!
        Hope this helps !!

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  11. Nicole says

    If I’m cooking the sweet potatoes and adding the ingredients the day before would I put it in the fridge or freezer?

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  14. Alba Henao says

    I made this sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving and everybody got crazy about it. now for Christmas my friends and family want it again,
    Awesome!!!!!

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  21. Pamela says

    First time making a sweet potato recipe wow this was great, so easy and turned out perfectly Newbies need to have the as a staple

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  25. Leslie says

    I making this dish every Thanksgiving and Christmas and it’s a hit! It has become a new tradition in our household and is great to prepare the night before.

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  27. Jackie says

    Hi there, this looks delicious and simple yet I feel like there’s steps missing! There’s no temp for initial baking. Or what goes into mixing for the topping. Is there a list I’m not seeing? Thank you!!

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  30. Sylvia M. says

    Has this dish been tried using yams instead of sweet potatoes? (Also, is the brown sugar added to the mashed potatoes or mixed with the flour/nut mixture)?

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    • Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says

      Hi Sylvia! You need to add 1/2 cup of brown sugar to the potatoes and 1/2 cup of brown sugar to the topping mixture. Sorry if that was not clear. I did not test this recipe using yams. If you are using canned, they will already be sweet and that might cancel out the addition of brown sugar. Let me know what you decide! Thank you!

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    • Janie says

      I always make it ahead putting the potato mixture in the casserole dish & the topping ready in a ziplock bag. I have also frozen with great success.

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