Sweet Potato Casserole With Pecans

Our Sweet Potato Casserole With Pecans recipe elevates your sweet potato casserole to a new level! This easy mashed sweet potatoes recipe is flavored with brown sugar and cinnamon, topped with a buttery pecan crumb topping and then baked to perfection. 

Sweet Potato Casserole With Pecans

Is it a side dish or is it a dessert? It’s definitely an ultimate side dish recipe for the holidays and entertaining!

Our sweet potato casserole with pecan streusel is so decadent that every mouthful is filled with creamy sweet potatoes and buttery cinnamon crumbs.

Now that’s what I call the perfect combination of a side dish and a dessert! But I’m just kidding about it being a dessert. LOL

Be prepared this holiday season to wow your guests with this over-the-top sweet potato casserole with pecan streusel.

Treat yourself and your guests to a side dish that's bursting with buttery notes and a hint of nutty pecan crunch.

The pecan crumble topping turns this into a southern sweet potato casserole and every forkful is bursting with a sweet potato crunch!

The pecan crunch combined with the buttery brown sugar topping and creamy mashed sweet potatoes will truly make your taste buds sing!

Best of all, sweet potatoes are good for you too! Even more reason to pass the mashed sweet potatoes with brown sugar please!

If you're in search of ideas for more potato recipes, look no further than our Potato Recipes Round Up! Bursting with thirty seven delicious potato recipes that will compliment any holiday dinner, your holiday potato recipe is waiting for you!

Sweet Potato FAQ’s

Are sweet potatoes healthy for you?

Yes, sweet potatoes are healthy for you. One medium sweet potato provides the following:

• 400% of your daily needs for vitamin A
• large amounts of fiber and potassium
• Vitamins C, B-6 and E
• Calcium
• Iron
• Magnesium
• Phosphorus
• Zinc
• Thiamin
• Riboflavin
• Beta-carotene

Also, a sweet potato:

• Is high in antioxidants
• May reduce the risk of developing cancer
• May delay aging

Why are sweet potatoes better for you than regular potatoes?

Although regular white potatoes are lower in sugar and fat, sweet potatoes contain fewer calories and less carbs.

How to make a southern sweet potato casserole

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1. POTATOES: Preheat oven to 425F. Arrange sweet potatoes on baking sheet. Bake until potatoes are tender. Let cool slightly and then remove and discard skins.
2. Reduce oven temperature to 350F.
3. Coat 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray. Mash potatoes, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 2 Tbs. butter, 1 tsp. cinnamon and kosher salt until smooth. Transfer to prepared baking dish.
4. CRUMB TOPPING: In a large bowl combine flour, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, 1/3 cup brown sugar, pecans and 2 tsp. cinnamon until blended. Stir in 10 Tbs. melted butter until moist crumb mixture forms. Using hands shape into crumbs and arrange over sweet potatoes.
5. Bake 30-40 minutes or until crumbs are golden and mixture is heated through.

Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips

• Omit the pecans for a nut-free topping
• Add mini marshmallows on top during the last 10 minutes of baking time
• Be sure to measure your flour correctly. Spoon flour into measuring cup and level off with flat side of a knife
• When measuring brown sugar, remember to press and pack in ito the measuring cup

Substitutions

• Substitute your favorite nut for the pecans
• Substitute light brown sugar for the dark brown sugar

Ingredients for sweet potato casserole

• sweet potatoes
• dark brown sugar
• butter
• ground cinnamon
• kosher salt
• flour
• granulated sugar
• pecans

Easy Side Dish Recipes

Every holiday season needs delicious side dishes and I always love adding a new recipe to my lineup. Here are some of my favorites!

Smashed Brussels Sprouts With Crispy Prosciutto will be your new go-to side dish recipe for special occasions! Smashed sprouts are roasted with two cheeses and then topped with crispy prosciutto for the ultimate side dish recipe! 

I don't limit my menu to just one kind of potato. I'll include Panko Garlic Mashed Potatoes with my sweet potatoes. these mashed potatoes combine buttery creaminess with the perfect crunchy topping of panko breadcrumbs, parsley and butter!

Take your salad to a new level with Pomegranate Apple Mixed Greens With Walnut-Crusted Goat Cheese! Greens are lightly tossed in a perfectly balanced Pomegranate Vinaigrette and topped with apple slices, pomegranate arils and fancy goat cheese rounds. 

Buttery Green Beans With Glazed Pecans sautéed with red onion and garlic, simmered in white wine, tossed with buttery goodness and crowned with glazed pecans are all dressed up and ready to party!

Baby carrots simmer in honey with a hint of cinnamon and crystallized ginger for a sweet side dish. Gingered Cinnamon Honey Glazed Carrots will be a favorite vegetable recipe for holidays and all year long too! 

Slices of potatoes are gently boiled in a shallot cream mixture and then layered with cheese and baked to a cheesy, creamy perfection in our Golden Potatoes Au Gratin recipe.

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Sweet Potato Casserole With Pecans

Our Sweet Potato Casserole With Pecans recipe elevates your sweet potato casserole to a new level! This easy mashed recipe is flavored with brown sugar and cinnamon, topped with a buttery pecan crumb topping and baked to perfection. 

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword brown sugar sweet potatoes, sweet potato casserole, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes with pecans

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 40 minutes

Total Time 2 hours

Servings 12

Calories 376kcal

Author Gwynn Galvin

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Ingredients

POTATOES:

• 3 lbs. sweet potatoes , skin left on
• 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 2 Tbs. butter , melted
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. kosher salt

CRUMB TOPPING:

• 2 cups flour
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 10 Tbs. butter , melted

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Instructions

POTATOES:

• Preheat oven to 425F. Arrange sweet potatoes on baking sheet. Bake 1 hour or until potatoes are tender. Let cool slightly and then remove and discard skins.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350F.
• Coat 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray. Mash potatoes, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 2 Tbs. butter, 1 tsp. cinnamon and kosher salt until smooth. Transfer to prepared baking dish.

CRUMB TOPPING:

• In bowl combine flour, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, 1/3 cup brown sugar, pecans and 2 tsp. cinnamon until blended. Stir in 10 Tbs. melted butter until moist crumb mixture forms. Using hands shape into crumbs and arrange over sweet potatoes.
  
• Bake 30-40 minutes or until crumbs are golden and mixture is heated through.

Notes

Makes 12 servings/6 cups.

Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips

• Omit the pecans for a nut-free topping
• Add mini marshmallows on top during the last 10 minutes of baking time
• Be sure to measure your flour correctly. Spoon flour into measuring cup and level off with flat side of a knife
• When measuring brown sugar, remember to press and pack in ito the measuring cup

Substitutions

• Substitute your favorite nut for the pecans
• Substitute light brown sugar for the dark brown sugar

Nutrition

Calories: 376kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 326mg | Potassium: 443mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 16438IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 2mg