Sweet Potato Casserole With Gingersnap Streusel Food

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH GINGERSNAP STREUSEL

Steps:

• Coat a 9 by 13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Place potatoes in a large pot, cover with water, and add a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until potatoes are very tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, make the topping. Put the gingersnaps, flour, sugar, and 1/4 tsp salt in a food processor; pulse once or twice to combine. Add the butter and pulse a few more times. (the cookies should still be in small chunks).
• Remove the skins from the potatoes. Make into a chunky puree using a blender, food processor, or by hand using a potato masher.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the maple syrup, half and half, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, eggs, and remaining 1 tsp salt. Add the potato puree; mix thoroughly.
• Transfer to baking dish. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the dish. *At this point it may be covered in several layers of plastic wrap and frozen for up to three weeks. Thaw it in the refrigerator overnight, bring to room temperature, and continue.*.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F Bake for 45 minutes, or until the top is lightly browned.

SWEET POTATO PUDDING WITH PECAN AND GINGERSNAP TOPPING

Steps:

• For topping:
• Toss first 4 ingredients in medium bowl. Add butter; using fingertips, rub in until well blended. Cover; chill. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
• For pudding:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Roast potatoes on baking sheet until tender, 45 to 60 minutes. Cool. Cut in half lengthwise. Scoop flesh into bowl; mash. Transfer 4 cups potatoes to large bowl. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill. Bring to room temperature before continuing.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13x9x2- inch baking dish. Add half and half and next 5 ingredients to potatoes. Using mixer, beat on low speed until blended. Season with salt and pepper. Add yolks 1 at a time, blending after each addition. Using clean dry beaters, beat whites in another large bowl until foamy. Add salt and cream of tartar. Beat until peaks form. Fold whites into potatoes; spoon into dish. Sprinkle with topping.
• Bake pudding until puffed and brown, about 45 minutes. Serve immediately.

STREUSELED SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• For the potatoes: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Poke sweet potatoes several times with a knife and space them evenly on a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake, turning once, until very tender and easily squeezed with tongs, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Remove potatoes from oven and cut in half lengthwise to let steam escape; cool at least 10 minutes. Scrape the flesh away from the skins into a large bowl; you should have about 8 cups. (If making ahead, cool to room temperature, and refrigerate.).
• For the streusel: Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Pulse flour, brown sugar, and salt in a food processor until blended. Sprinkle butter pieces over the flour mixture and pulse until a crumbly mass forms, about 6 to 8 one-second pulses. Sprinkle nuts over the mixture and pulse until combined but some large nut pieces remain, 4 to 6 one-second pulses. Transfer streusel to a medium bowl and return the work bowl to the food processor.
• Place half of the potato flesh into the food processor. With a rubber spatula, break the remaining flesh in the bowl into 1-inch chunks.
• For the filling: Add melted butter, salt, nutmeg, pepper, vanilla, and lemon juice to the potatoes in the food processor. Process until smooth, about 20 seconds. Taste for sweetness, and add up to 4 Tbsp granulated sugar if desired. Add egg yolks and process about 15 seconds. With processor running, pour half-and-half through the feed tube and process until blended, about 30 seconds. Transfer the puréed mixture to the large bowl with the potato chunks. Stir gently until combined.
• Pour filling into the prepared baking dish and spread evenly with a spatula. Sprinkle the streusel over the top, breaking up any large pieces with your fingers. Bake until topping is well browned and filling is puffy around the edges, about 45 minutes. Cool slightly before serving (or cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate. To reheat, bake at 400 degrees for about 25 minutes.).

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE DESSERT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a large bowl, mix together mashed sweet potatoes, 1/2 cup butter, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and eggs. Spread sweet potato mixture into the prepared baking dish. In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar and flour. Cut in 1/3 cup butter until mixture is crumbly, then stir in pecans. Sprinkle pecan mixture over the sweet potatoes.
• Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH GRAHAM CRACKER STREUSEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425ºF. Arrange potatoes on a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet, then prick all over with a fork. Bake until the tip of a paring knife inserts easily into center of largest potato, 50-65 minutes, depending on size of potatoes. Let sit until cool enough to handle.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350ºF. Remove and discard potato skins. Transfer flesh to a large bowl and let cool completely. (You should have 4-4 1/2 cups.)
• Place graham crackers in a resealable plastic bag. Coarsely crush with your hands into 1/2"-1" pieces. Transfer graham crackers to a medium bowl. Add pecans and 1/4 tsp. salt. Mix in 4 Tbsp. butter to combine.
• Add milk, maple syrup, cocoa powder, vanilla, pepper, and remaining 2 Tbsp. butter and 1 1/2 tsp. salt to bowl with potato. Mash with a potato masher or fork until smooth.
• Transfer potato mixture to skillet or baking dish. Sprinkle graham cracker mixture over. Bake casserole until streusel is lightly golden, 20-25 minutes. Sprinkle marshmallows over, then continue to bake until marshmallows are lightly golden, 10-15 minutes more. Let sit 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.
• Potatoes can be baked and peeled 5 days ahead. Transfer to an airtight container and chill. Potato filling can be made 3 days ahead. Transfer to an airtight container and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.

STREUSEL SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 325 degrees Farenheit, and lightly grease a 1 1/2 quart baking dish or casserole.
• Cook the potatoes in a large pot of boiling water for about 20 minutes, or until firm-tender when tested with a fork.
• Drain and cool under cold water.
• Cut in 1/2-inch thick slices, and arrange the slices in the casserole dish in a spiral pattern, overlapping slices slightly.
• Mix 1/2 cup of the syrup with the orange juice, pour over potatoes.
• Dot with 1 Tablespoon of the butter.
• Cover tightly with foil, and bake for 20-30 minutes, until hot and the potatoes have absorbed some liquid.
• In a small bowl, make the streusel topping.
• Mix flour, brown sugar and cinnamon, and using two knives or a pastry cutter cut in remaining 3 Tablespoons butter until mixture is the texture of coarse meal.
• Toss in pecans.
• Remove potatoes from oven and sprinkle with streusel mixture.
• Bake uncovered for 15 more minutes, or until the topping is bubbly and lightly browned.
• Pour the remaining 1/4 cup maple syrup over the potatoes and serve immediately.

RESTAURANT-STYLE SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Rub the skin of each sweet potato with vegetable oil; place potatoes on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tender, about 1 hour; remove and cool slightly. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• When sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, scrape flesh into a large bowl; discard skins. Beat sweet potatoes with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Measure 6 cups of mashed sweet potato into a large bowl; beat in 3/4 cup brown sugar, cream, 1/4 cup melted butter, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and salt. Pour sweet potato mixture into an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• Place the rolled oats into the bowl of a food processor or blender, and pulse until oats are finely ground. Place oats, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, flour, and 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon into a bowl. Cut 2 tablespoons cold butter into the oat mixture with a pastry blender or fork until crumbly; sprinkle evenly over sweet potato mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until sweet potatoes are heated through and oatmeal streusel is lightly browned, 70 to 80 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinkle immediately with marshmallows, and let stand until marshmallows are melted, about 10 minutes.

GINGERBREAD SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook sweet potatoes in a Dutch oven in boiling water and cover over medium heat 30 minutes or until tender. Cool; peel and mash potatoes.
• Combine mashed sweet potatoes, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and next 4 ingredients in a mixing bowl; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. (Or mash with a potato masher until smooth.) Spoon into a greased 2 1/2-quart pr 13"x9" baking dish.
• Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar and flour. Cut in 1/4 cup cold butter with a pastry blender until crumbly. Stir in crushed gingersnaps. Sprinkle streusel over sweet potato mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 350F for 25 minutes or until streusel is lightly browned.

SWEET POTATO STREUSEL CASSEROLE WITH COCONUT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 9x11-inch casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Place sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and measure 3 cups sweet potatoes; transfer back into the pot. Reserve remaining sweet potatoes for another use.
• Mix white sugar, milk, eggs, cubed butter, and vanilla extract into sweet potatoes using an electric mixer until completely smooth. Pour mixture into the prepared dish.
• Combine pecans, coconut, brown sugar, flour, and melted butter in a bowl until evenly mixed and crumbly; sprinkle evenly over sweet potato mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until topping is browned, 20 to 30 minutes.