Every Thanksgiving, I always get asked “What is your favorite dish on Thanksgiving?” and I always answer this sweet potato recipe. This really is the best Thanksgiving brown sugar pecan sweet potato recipe and one of my all time favorite recipes. When it’s time to claim the leftovers, I always grab these first to take home!
How to make this Thanksgiving Sweet Potato dish?
I promise, this will be the easiest, most delicious sweet potato dish you’ll ever have and you’ll be going back to it year after year as your go to Thanksgiving side dish (or dessert!). Here’s all you’ll need:
- Sweet Potatoes
- Brown Sugar
- Flour
- Pecans
- Butter
- Eggs
- Vanilla
- Salt
- Sugar
It’s that easy! You probably have all of these ingredients in your pantry and only need to grab some sweet potatoes!
You’ll need to bake your sweet potatoes until they’re easily mashable – for me that’s about 45 minutes at 425 but do what works best for you. I like to make the brown sugar crust mixture while those are baking. This is my favorite part of this dish and it’ so easy to put together – all it is is chopped pecans, brown sugar, butter and some flour. Combine these and save it for later. Once the sweet potatoes are done, combine them with the rest of your ingredients and then top with the crust mixture.
Put this back in the oven, bake for another 30 and you’ll be having the best sweet potato casserole of your life. I love how rich and delicious this dish is and I know you will too! Also, these are incredible as leftovers. I almost like them better the day after since the flavors get to come together a little more – it’s absolutely incredible.
If you give this one a try, let me know what you think! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- Thoroughly wash your sweet potatoes. Poke about 10 holes in each sweet potato. Bake them for 45 minutes or until soft enough to mash.
- While the potatoes are cooking, to create your crust mixture, combine your brown sugar, flour, chopped pecans, and butter in a mixing bowl. Set this aside.
- Once the sweet potatoes are done cooking, mash them In a separate bowl. Combine your sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs, and butter (in that order) with your mashed sweet potatoes. Mix this very thoroughly.
- In a medium baking dish (lightly greased), pour in your sweet potato mixture. Lightly sprinkle your crust mixture on top. Bake this for 30 minutes at 350°. Don't forget to drop your oven to 350°.
- Let this cool for at least a half hour and enjoy!
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Let us know how it was!If you like this recipe and want more, check out my other Cookbooks! They make great Holiday gifts!