Sweet Potato Casserole With Pecan Streusel Food

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH PECAN STREUSEL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and set an oven rack in the middle position.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil (no need to salt). Add the sweet potatoes and cook until soft and very tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Drain and let cool.
• Meanwhile, make the topping: Melt the butter in a medium bowl in the microwave. (Alternatively, melt it in a small pan over low heat and transfer to a medium bowl.) Add the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon and mix until well combined. It should look a little clumpy. Stir in the chopped nuts and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mash the cooked and drained sweet potatoes with a potato masher or large fork until very smooth. Add the melted butter, salt, sugar, and nutmeg and mix well. Mix in the eggs. It's okay if there are some lumps. Set aside.
• Transfer the sweet potato mixture to a 2-quart baking dish and spread evenly. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the sweet potato mixture and bake, uncovered, for about 40 minutes, or until the topping is nicely browned. Let cool slightly before serving.
• Make-Ahead Instructions: You can assemble and refrigerate the casserole up to 2 days ahead of time.
• Freezer-Friendly Instructions: You can freeze the unbaked sweet potato portion of the recipe, tightly covered, for up to 3 months. Before baking, defrost in the refrigerator for 24 hours and then proceed with the recipe instructions.

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH PECAN STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Heat sweet potatoes to boiling and drain (can be done in microwave). Mash with butter.
• Add sugar,salt, eggs, milk, and vanilla and mix well. Pour into ungreased 9-inch square glass baking pan.
• Mix brown sugar, butter, flour, and.
• cinnamon with fingertips until mixture is crumbly. Stir in nuts.
• Spread on top of sweet potato mixture and bake at 350°F for 40 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.

PECAN STREUSEL SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. BAKE SWEET POTATOES: Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 400° Pierce each potato with fork and place on foil lined baking sheet. Bake until tender, about 50-60 minutes. Then cool until easy to handle-but still hot. While potatoes bake, grease a 9x13/2qt casserole, and make streusel.
• 2. STREUSEL: In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, salt, and pecans. Cut in butter using a pastry blender, or your fingertips until coarse and crumbly. Set aside.
• 3. MAKE FILLING When you can handle the potatoes, cut in half lengthwise and scoop out flesh into large bowl. Add sugar, butter, vanilla, and salt. Mash with potato masher or for a smoother purée, use an electric mixer.
• 4. ASSEMBLE: Spread sweet potato mixture in prepared dish. Sprinkle streusel evenly over top and bake until golden brown, about 20-30 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Streusel and filling can be made up to 2 days ahead and refrigerated, separately, covered. Assemble and bake until golden, approximately 45 minutes.

SWEET POTATOES WITH PECAN PRALINE STREUSEL

Steps:

• Wash and skin potatoes, chop into large chunks.
• Boil potatoes until tender and mash.
• Stir in butter, cinnamon, brown sugar and mini marshmallows to taste.
• Mix in a separate bowl, flour, sugar, cinnamon, and pecans, drizzle melted butter over mixture and stir to moisten, mixture should resemble chunky crumbs.
• Pour potatoes mixture into casserole dish and cover with a thin layer of mini-marshmallows.
• Top with pecan mixture.
• Bake at 350ºF for 30 minutes or until brown and bubbly.