Sweet Potato Casserole With Pecan Topping
This Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Topping is so delicious and it's like eating dessert with your meal. This side dish is full of flavor and the crunchy pecan topping makes it extra special.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 4 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
- ½ cup butter, melted
- ⅓ cup milk
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs, beaten
Topping
- 5 Tablespoons butter, melted
- ⅔ cup dark brown sugar
- ⅔ cup flour
- 1 ½ cups pecan pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 8x11 baking dish or pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- Peel and cube sweet potatoes and place in a saucepan. Cover with water and cook over medium-high heat until fork tender. Drain well and transfer to large bowl.
- Mash sweet potatoes with potato masher then add the melted butter, sugar, milk, vanilla, and beaten eggs. Mix until combined.
- Pour into prepared baking dish smoothing lightly with a spatula then set aside.
- For the topping combine the melted butter, brown sugar, flour and pecan pieces in small bowl.
- Use your fingers and crumble topping evenly over the sweet potato casserole.
- Bake for 25 to 35 minutes. Oven times vary. Sweet potato casserole should be lightly golden browned and set around the edges.
Notes
You can also prepare the sweet potatoes by baking them in the oven.
If you don't have time to cook sweet potatoes you can use a 29-ounce can of sweet potatoes. Make sure you drain them and then mash them with potato masher.