This Sweet Potato Casserole is my families favorite side to serve with our Thanksgiving or Christmas Dinner! The brown sugar and pecan crumble that tops the sweet potato is most everyones favorite part!
What happens when pumpkin pie meets pecan pie? This Sweet Potato Crunch is born!
For years our family made sweet potatoes for the sake of tradition on Thanksgiving. No one really ate them except maybe my Grandparents. Then about 10 years ago my Mom was given this recipe by a friend and we have never looked back! They are so gooood!
In the recipe below, I have the recipe for both a 9×9 and a 9×13! Now let’s get cooking!
HOW DO YOU COOK SWEET POTATOES FOR MASHING?
I like to boil my sweet potatoes, but you can also bake your sweet potatoes. Just use whatever method you prefer!
How to boil Sweet Potatoes:
Fill a large pot about 1/2 way with salted water and bring to a boil. Add the potatoes and cook until tender, generally about 30-40 minutes.
How to bake Sweet Potatoes:
Preheat oven to 425º. On a baking sheet, poke the sweet potatoes all over with a fork. This allows the heat and steam to evenly cook your sweet potatoes all the way through. Bake until your sweet potatoes are tender, about 45-50 minutes
Again, I prefer to boil my sweet potatoes for this recipe. It helps keep the potatoes more moist. Once they’re tender and all the way cooked, peel sweet potatoes and add to the mixing bowl.
Enjoy! Trust me, your family will love them and it just might end up your new family tradition too!
Be sure and check out these other Thanksgiving Dishes!
TOP THANKSGIVING SIDE DISHES:
- Thanksgiving Instant Pot Recipes
- Southern Deviled Eggs using the Instant Pot
- Traditional Green Bean Casserole
- Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
- Easy Veggie Cups
- Strawberry Spinach Salad
SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE RECIPE
Sweet Potato Crunch
Ingredients
Filling
- 4 Large Sweet Potatoes
- 3 Eggs
- 3/4 C Sugar
- 8 Tbsp Butter Melted
- 1 Tsp Vanilla
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
Topping
- 1/3 C Flour
- 6 Tbsp Butter Softened
- 1 C Brown Sugar
- 1 C Pecans Chopped
Instructions
Sweet Potato Casserole Filling Instructions
- Fill a large pot of salted water and bring to a boil. Poke holes in your sweet potatoes and add them to the boiling water and cook until tender (approx 40 mins). Once sweet potatoes are cooked, allow them to cool.
- Once the sweet potatoes are cooled, peel them.
- Add your eggs to a bowl and slightly beat them. Then add the sugar and stir. Add the remaining filling ingredients -- sweet potatoes, butter, vanilla and salt. Mix to create the filling.
- Pour the filling into a pan of your choice -- I like to use a deep 9x9 pan, but it works in a 9x13 too.
Sweet Potato Casserole Topping Instructions
- Combine the flour and brown sugar in a small bowl. Cut butter into mix until crumbly. Stir in pecans and spread over filling.
- Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
DON’T FORGET TO PIN THIS RECIPE!
So easy, and delicious!
Glad you loved it!
This is our go-to Sweet Potato Casserole. Absolutely adore this recipe.
I’m so glad you love it!! Thanks!
I am all about sweet potatoes!! The nice crunch on top, gives it a yummy taste! My hubby & I can eat sweet potatoes anytime!
The added texture for sure adds a lot to this recipe! Thanks for the nice comment!
You can’t go wrong when the crust has THOSE ingredients! Can’t wait to try
You really can’t! It’s so good!
I make this for every Thanksgiving! It’s a huge hit.
Yes! It’s for sure a Thanksgiving staple!
These potatoes have been a thanksgiving tradition for years –
Everyone loves them, even people who swear they don’t like sweet potatoes. I bake the sweet potatoes instead of boiling them – a taste test would be interesting!
Looks good. Is the butter for the filling supposed to be melted. It looks like it in your picture, but the recipe doesn’t say to melt it.
Yes melt the butter!
it looks like reindeer dump but it is sooooooooooooo good!
Yummy!
Yummy!