Sweet Potato Casserole is an easy and delicious addition to any southern table. Covered in melty marshmallows and the sweet taste of brown sugar and crunchy pecans, this is a perfect baked casserole recipe.
Easy Sweet Potato Casserole
A traditional side dish that is prevalent on tables in fall meals like Thanksgiving and Christmas, you can still make this perfect side dish year round. Sweet potatoes are available in most produce departments no matter the weather and having a classic and tested recipe is important.
I hope you love this side as much as I do!
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Here is what ingredients you need to gather to get started:
- sweet potatoes
- water
- butter
- brown sugar
- pecans
- vanilla
- ground cinnamon
- nutmeg
- mini marshmallows
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Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
Preheat oven to 375 and grease a baking dish
with nonstick cooking spray
.
Set aside.
Place cut potatoes into a stockpot
full of water.
Make sure the water is 1″ higher than the potatoes.
Heat on medium high heat until boiling. I would say about 30 minutes to cook the potatoes total.
It’s like cooking pasta, but the potatoes are in the pan when you turn on the heat. You’ll need to bring the water to a boil and then boil. Once it begins boiling, you need about 15 more minutes.
Sweet potatoes are done when a fork is poked into the sweet potato and it’s soft.
Drain off water.
**You can leave your sweet potatoes cubed or mash them for the casserole (This is shown as cubed)
In a small bowl, add butter, brown sugar, 1/4 cup of the pecans, vanilla, ground cinnamon, and nutmeg and mix well.
Place potatoes into prepared baking dish and spread evenly.
Pour butter mixture over potatoes (you can mix up mixture if you like) and top with marshmallows and remaining pecans.
Bake for 15 minutes or until center is hot and marshmallows are brown.
TIP: Watch this one in the oven as the marshmallows can brown quickly!
Depending on your oven, you may need to adjust to less minutes!
Serves 8-10
Need another great casserole? Try Broccoli Cheese Casserole, also feeds a ton and is SO good!
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Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows
Ingredients
- 6-8 sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 1/2" cubes
- water
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup pecans divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 and grease a baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Place cut potatoes into a stockpot full of water. Make sure the water is 1" higher than the potatoes. Heat on medium high heat until boiling. Reduce heat to medium or a rolling boil and boil potatoes for 8-10 minutes or until soft when a fork is poked into the sweet potato. Drain.
- **You can leave your sweet potatoes cubed or mash them.
- In a small bowl, add butter, brown sugar, 1/4 cup of the pecans, vanilla, ground cinnamon, and nutmeg and mix well.
- Place potatoes into prepared baking dish and spread evenly.
- Pour butter mixture over potatoes and top with marshmallows and remaining pecans.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until center is hot and marshmallows are brown.
Video
Notes
Nutrition
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Comments & Reviews
Sandra says
Not sure what happened but when I mixed up the melted butter and the brown sugar and the other spices it was real thick. Add a little more butter and heated it up for 20 seconds and still thick drizzled it over the top of the sweet
Potatoes . We shall see.
Trisha says
If you mean before you cook it? If you watch the video it will show you the consistency but it is a little thick before it melts in the oven. Just make sure you mix it all up with the potatoes – the video will help guide you. Let me know how it is after you cook, should be fine! ~Trisha