Southern Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
Thanksgiving is about family and friends. We watch the parade, dog show, and football, of course! Let’s face it. If you ask most people what their favorite part of Thanksgiving is, they’ll say the food. Southern Sweet Potato Casserole is a staple during our holiday gatherings. We eat it every Thanksgiving. It is sweet and decadent and part of our Thanksgiving tradition.
What are your favorite Thanksgiving foods? I like turkey, but it is not my favorite. I think that probably stems from thinking I could eat an entire turkey leg when I was about 9. Not a good idea! I mean, I still eat it, of course. It’s just not my favorite part of the meal. What I really love is my dad’s famous stuffing! It’s got wheat bread, walnuts, carrots, celery, onions and a bunch of other secret ingredients that he won’t even share with us! Really, I think he just wings it every year and it turns out well.
Then, of course, we’ve got the mashed potatoes and gravy! And how about all the vegetable side dishes? We make the traditional green bean casserole, but corn casserole is another holiday favorite among our family members. How about broccoli, rice and cheese? That one seems to pop up at holiday gatherings a lot!
My grandma always used to make sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top, which is good, but this sweet potato casserole is divine! If I didn’t love pumpkin pie so much, this casserole could be my dessert! My mom got this sweet potato casserole recipe out of an old church cookbook; so it isn’t original, it’s just a favorite. I’ve got the recipe here for you!
Casserole Ingredients
40 oz. can of yams, mashed
3/4 c. white sugar
1 stick of butter, melted
1 t. vanilla
2 eggs beaten
Topping Ingredients
3/4 c. flour
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. chopped pecans
1/3 c. melted butter
Instructions
Mix first 5 ingredients and pour into a 2 qt. casserole dish
Mix topping ingredients and sprinkle over yam mixture
Bake covered at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes
Southern Sweet Potato Casserole
This sweet potato casserole is delicious enough to eat for dessert!
Ingredients
Casserole Ingredients
- 40 oz. canned yam mashed
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 stick butter melted
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 eggs beaten
Topping Ingredients
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/3 cup melted butter
Instructions
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Mix first 5 ingredients and pour into a 2 qt. casserole dish
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Mix topping ingredients and sprinkle over yam mixture
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Bake covered at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes
Have you ever made this or do you have a tried and true recipe you use year after year? What is your favorite Thanksgiving food? Let me know!
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Yummy this looks delicious. My family would love it also. Thank you for the recipe.
It is! My brother-in-law says it’s his dessert!
This looks so good I want to make it .
This recipe sounds and looks really good. And it’s kind of healthy.
Looks and sounds great. Will make it for the Christmas Luncheon at the Seniors Center. Thanks for sharing
Enjoy!
I like sweet potatoes and casseroles especially at Thanksgiving time. I love baked sweet potatoes and French fries too. So good and yummy.
I find sweet potatoes so festive. This would taste delicious.
This sounds so good. We really like sweet potatoes at our house. I can’t wait to give this a try
Looks yummy
I love sweet potato casserole. We eat ours minus the pecans and with marshmallows instead.
Thanks, a recipe I must try!
I love this when the topping is tons of brown sugar! I bet this is good with the pecans as well.
Awesome! I like that it’s at least somewhat healthy. Thanks for sharing
OH yes!! this is so delicious! I make some like this and some just mashed. I also like to drizzle
a little bit of honey over the walnuts .
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Yes, this sounds and looks good. We love Sweet Potatoes and Pecans.
This looks really good. I can’t wait to try it!
Will definitely have to try this!
I always double the topping so there’s more than enough to completely cover the sweet potatoes. I’ve been making this for years and it’s a “must have” or my family gets upset. Lol
That topping is so good! Happy Thanksgiving!