Sweet Potato Casserole (Classic)

Name: Sweet Potato Casserole (Classic)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1.5kg sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed; 4 tbsp butter; 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp nutmeg; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup plain flour; 1/2 cup butter, melted; 1 cup pecans, roughly chopped

A Southern Thanksgiving classic: mashed sweet potato baked and topped with a crunchy pecan streusel.

Total time

60 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

1.5kgsweet potatoes, peeled and cubed

4 tbspbutter

1/4 cupmaple syrup or honey

2eggs

1 tspvanilla extract

1 tspcinnamon

1/2 tspnutmeg

1/2 cupbrown sugar

1/2 cupplain flour

1/2 cupbutter, melted

1 cuppecans, roughly chopped

Instructions

Boil sweet potatoes until very tender. Drain and mash.

Beat in butter, maple syrup, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Spread in a baking dish.

Make streusel: mix brown sugar, flour, melted butter and pecans until crumbly.

Scatter streusel over sweet potato.

Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes until topping is golden and crisp.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

823

Protein

11.2g

Fat

37.5g

Carbs

112.6g

Fiber

12.1g

Sodium

254mg

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