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Famous Sweet Potato Dish

By Cathy · November 21st, 2011

If you want a sweet potato dish for Thanksgiving, but don’t want the standard “go to” recipe (melting marshmallows on top of cooked sweet potatoes chunks), then this is the blog post for you.  To make this dish, cooked and peeled sweet potatoes are combined with a batter made from butter, whipped eggs, buttermilk and sugar and then spread into a casserole.  The sweet potato batter is then topped with a decadent praline mix of pecan chips, brown sugar and butter and baked.

 

When you take a bite, the creamy, dreamy sweet potatoes contrast with the crunchy praline topping and melt into deliciousness in your mouth.  I call this sweet potato dish “famous” because once you bring it to your holiday gathering, it will become famous and then you will have to bring it back again every year.  (At least that’s what happened to me!)

 

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Famous Sweet Potato Dish

Rating: 51

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 6-8 servings

Ingredients

Ingredients for base

2.5 pounds sweet potatoes, cooked in boiling water until tender

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup buttermilk

5 TBSP melter butter, cooled

2 large eggs

1/4 tsp salt

Ingredients for praline

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup pecan chips

1/3 cup flour

additional 5 TBSP melted butter

Instructions

Cook potatoes in boiling water until very tender. (No need to peel skin first) Let potatoes cool. Peel the skin off the potatoes. The skin will slip right off.

In a mixer beat two eggs on medium until frothy. Gradually add the sugar. Beat for about one minute. Add the melted butter, buttermilk and salt. The batter will look like this:

Add the cooked, peeled sweet potatoes to the batter. Beat on low until blended.

Spread the sweet potato mixture in a greased 8X8 casserole dish

For the praline, measure the brown sugar, the pecan chips and flour in a bowl.

Stir together and then drizzle the additional 5 TBSP of melted butter into the mixture. Stir again until butter is blended and the mixture is crumbly.

Sprinkle the praline mixture on top of the casserole and bake at 325 degrees until center is firm, about 30-35 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Tags : casserole, praline topping, side dish, sweet potatoes, thanksgiving, vegetarian

Comments

  1. Sue - The Desperate Housemommy says:
    November 23, 2011 at 7:51 am

    This looks divine, Cathy. As does your new blog design. Yay, you! And Happy Thanksgiving! xo

    • Cathy says:
      November 23, 2011 at 12:12 pm

      Happy Thanksgiving right back at you! What’s cooking over at Chez Desperate this holiday?

    • Cathy says:
      November 23, 2011 at 1:25 pm

      and hugs to everyone @ Chez Desperate too!

  2. JoEll says:
    November 23, 2011 at 8:05 am

    Wow – Cathy! the new site looks so fresh and welcoming – absolutely stunning! The site matches your wonderful recipes. Thanks for sharing your secrets..

    • Cathy says:
      November 23, 2011 at 12:06 pm

      That’s prett awesome coming from my foodie muse 🙂

    • Cathy says:
      November 23, 2011 at 12:06 pm

      great thoughts from my foodie muse!

    • Cathy says:
      November 23, 2011 at 12:06 pm

      That’s pretty awesome feedback coming from my foodie muse!!

    • Cathy says:
      November 23, 2011 at 12:12 pm

      Thank you my foodie muse!

  3. CWS says:
    November 23, 2011 at 11:13 am

    Great sweet potato dish for the holidays and anytime you want a sweet treat!!!!

    • Cathy says:
      November 23, 2011 at 12:06 pm

      🙂

  4. Laura says:
    November 30, 2011 at 10:26 am

    Cathy – Nice look for your blog! Clean lines, pictures are great and stand out. Good luck! Laura Cunitz

    • Cathy says:
      December 1, 2011 at 8:24 am

      Thanks Laura!

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