Sweet Potato Praline Casserole

A classic Southern casserole recipe made with whipped sweet potatoes crowned with a pecan praline topping perfect for Thanksgiving or alongside your Christmas or Easter ham.

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Husband will not eat a sweet potato. Every time he sees me with some sweet potatoes he always asks in a pout, Are we having REAL potatoes too??

Husband is Canadian so I let this slide.

I’m one of those odd ducks who eats sweet potatoes like I eat my baked potatoes - with butter, salt and pepper. I actually don’t like them dressed sweet with brown sugar, cinnamon, etc.

But there is one exception. This casserole.

This is one of my favorite side dishes EVER. Maybe it’s because I associate it with my favorite holidays (you know… the eating ones: Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas). 

Or maybe it’s that pecan topping. GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING that stuff is good! When I fix my plate, I try to get equal parts sweet potato soufflé and pecan praline topping.

And that’s OK because I cooked it and the cook can get away with that!

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Click over to Southern Thanksgiving Side Dishes and find photos and recipe links for my TOP 10 favorite Southern side dishes: 

1. Southern-Style Baked Macaroni & Cheese
2. Collard Greens
3. Sweet Potato Praline Casserole
4. Confetti Cornbread Salad
5. Southern-Style Baked Beans
6. Cornbread Dressing with Sausage
7. Squash Casserole
8. Southern-Style Green Beans & Potatoes
9. Pineapple Casserole
10. Southern-Style Coleslaw

Recipe for Sweet Potato Pecan Praline Casserole

NOTES ABOUT SWEET POTATO PECAN PRALINE CASSEROLE

• Don't boil the sweet potatoes. I mean it! Baking them concentrates the delicious flavor and keeps the potatoes from being water-logged. 
• Feel free to use less sugar. Natural sweetness of sweet potatoes varies a lot. Dark orange potatoes are sweeter than lighter, more yellow ones.
• Brown sugar is awesome in this instead of white sugar too!
• A dash of nutmeg or sprinkling of cinnamon are nice additions to the filling.

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Yield: 12 Servings

Author: Mandy Rivers | South Your Mouth

Sweet Potato Praline Casserole

A classic Southern casserole recipe made with whipped sweet potatoes crowned with a pecan praline topping perfect for Thanksgiving or alongside your Christmas ham.

Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 1 H & 35 MTotal time: 1 H & 40 M

Ingredients

Sweet Potatoes:

• 4 lbs. sweet potatoes
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/3 cup butter, melted

Praline Topping:

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

Sweet Potato Praline Casserole

1. Pierce sweet potatoes a few times with a knife then bake at 400 degrees until tender (usually about an hour for large potatoes). Allow sweet potatoes to cool to room temperature then remove the skins.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Add sweet potatoes, sugar, milk, vanilla, salt, eggs and butter to a medium bowl or stand mixer.
4. Mix on medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth and well combined. Spread sweet potato mixture evenly into a 2-quart casserole dish then top with Praline Topping.
5. Bake at 350 degrees 35-40 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.

Praline Topping:

1. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl then mix with a fork until combined (mixture will be crumbly).

Notes

• Don't boil the sweet potatoes. I mean it! Baking them concentrates the delicious flavor and keeps the potatoes from being water-logged.
• Feel free to use less sugar. Natural sweetness of sweet potatoes varies a lot. Dark orange potatoes are sweeter than lighter, more yellow ones.
• Brown sugar is awesome in this instead of white sugar too!
• A dash of nutmeg or sprinkling of cinnamon are nice additions to the filling.

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