Sweet potato casserole
Time: 2h 50m
(
40m
prep, 2h 10m
cook
)
Complexity: 3/5
Lots of cooking time pays off in this excellent Thanksgiving side dish.

Steps
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Poke the sweet potatoes all over with a fork, place on baking sheet lined with aluminum foil. Bake in oven until soft, about 1 hour. Let cool for about 30 minutes.
- Peel sweet potatoes with a knife, discard the skin. Add to bowl and mash with potato masher or strong fork.
- Add the 1/2 cup butter, eggs, condensed milk, granulated sugar, vanilla extract and salt to the bowl. Mix with a hand mixer on medium speed until well combined.
- Make the topping: In a medium bowl, stir together pecans, cornflakes, brown sugar, flour and butter until well combined.
- Grease a 9x13 casserole or glass dish with butter. Pour the sweet potato mix evenly in pan. Carefully top mix with topping, lightly smoothing over with spoon.
- Bake until slightly browned, about 35 mins.
- Remove from oven and add marshmallows in an even layer.
- Return to the oven for another 5 minutes, until marshmallows are slightly toasted.
Last updated: Nov 24, 2022
Tagged under:
- side dish
- vegetarian
- thanksgiving