Hasselback Sweet Potato Casserole for the Sharing Bowl

Set out Pecans chopped and toasted, All-purpose Flour, and Dark Brown sugar not packed before you start Hasselback Sweet Potato Casserole for the Sharing Bowl. The batch is written for 10 people.

Count on 20 minutes of prep, 40 minutes of cooking, about 1 hour from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

For the topping

• 7 tablespoons Pecans chopped and toasted
• ½ cup All-purpose Flour
• ½ cup Dark Brown sugar not packed
• ¾ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon Ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
• 5 ½ tablespoons Butter melted

For the potatoes

• 3 large sweet potatoes long and thin potatoes are better
• ¼ cup butter melted
• 2 pinches kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

How the cooking goes

1. Heat the oven to 400°F conventional.

Prepare the sweet potatoes

1. Peel the sweet potatoes and then cut slices about ⅛th inch thick. The slices do not cut all the way through the sweet potatoes. You could place a ruler or a pencil next to it as a guide but sweet potatoes are not evenly sized and you found it easier to just go slowly. If you slice all the way through one, so what?! The next one will be better.
2. Fit in baking dish snuggly. You want the potatoes to be touching. This helps them steam then cook evenly. Pour the melted butter over the top of all the potatoes. Sprinkle with salt and cinnamon. Cook covered until tender. This took about 30 min but they were alone in the oven. If the oven is full, it will take them longer. If you find they are drying out, you can add a little bit of water to the bottom of the baking dish. Old sweet potatoes have less moisture so that could be the issue.

Prepare the topping

1. While the potatoes are baking, prepare the topping. In a bowl, mix together all ingredients for the topping. You find it easiest to mix with the hand, but you can use the back of a spoon as well. Keep it to one side. You can make the topping up to a week in advance. Store in the refrigerator.
2. Remove the covering from the potatoes and crumble the topping over the top like you would sweet potato casserole.
3. Continue baking until the topping is browned, about 10 minutes more.

After it comes off the heat

Give the plate the rest the method asks for. Cover leftovers and refrigerate them when the dish includes meat, eggs, or dairy.

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