Sweet Potato Casserole Lightened Up for the Sharing Bowl

For Sweet Potato Casserole Lightened Up for the Sharing Bowl, the counter starts with uncooked sweet potatoes sliced 1/8 inch thick or cubed, dark brown sugar unpacked, and eggs lightly beaten. Portion it for 8 people.

Count on 20 minutes of prep, 45 minutes of cooking, about 1 hour from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

For the Filling

• 3 pounds uncooked sweet potatoes sliced 1/8 inch thick or cubed
• 1 cup dark brown sugar unpacked
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
• ½ cup low fat milk
• ½ cup melted butter
• pinch salt

For the Topping

• ½ cup dark brown sugar packed
• ⅓ cup flour
• 5 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 cup chopped pecans toasted
• Dash cinnamon
• Pinch kosher salt

How the cooking goes

1. Heat the oven to 350°.
2. In a mixing bowl combine brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, milk, butter and salt. Whisk to combine.
3. Boil sweet potatoes in cold water, just covering, until fork tender. Drain well.
4. Toss sweet potatoes in the butter mixture. If you are going to puree your potatoes, you can do it at this stage or you can press the potatoes through a ricer after draining.
5. Pour into a 1 ½ – 2 quart casserole dish.
6. Mix all the topping ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl and sprinkle over the top.
7. Oven-bake 30-40 minutes until bubbling.

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.

If you want another plate from Sides, open Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecans beside the Main Plate and Cranberry Chutney beside the Main Plate.