This sweet potato casserole with a praline topping is delicious during the fall season and for holidays. The nuts are a great crunchy bite and using pralines makes for a lighter recipe than those that call for marshmallow toppings!
I don’t know abut you, but October just flew right by for me! I can not believe that Thanksgiving is just a few short weeks away now. We will be hosting this year for fourteen, so I am starting to organize the menu now. I like to make some of the recipes in advance as a trial run before Turkey day. This week I am making the kid’s favorite side dish: Sweet Potato Casserole. I see a lot of versions of this with marshmallow topping, but that is a lot of sweetness, so this version is a bit lighter with a praline topping.
Sweet Potato Casserole with Praline Topping
This sweet potato casserole with a praline topping is delicious during the fall season and for holidays. The nuts are a great crunchy bite and using pralines makes for a lighter recipe than those that call for marshmallow toppings!
Save RecipeIngredients
- 1 Cup of Flour
- 3/4 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Cup of Chopped and Toasted Pecans
- 1/2 Cup of Butter
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 5 Sweet Potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 1/2 Cup of Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 5 oz. Can of Evaporated Milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place Sweet Potatoes in a pot and cover with water, bring water to a boil, then simmer for approximately 20 minutes, or until tender.
- Drain Sweet Potatoes, then place in a large bowl and mash them.
- Combine Flour, Brown Sugar, Pecans, Butter, & Cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Mix 1 Cup of Flour mixture into mashed Sweet Potatoes.
- Next, stir in Sugar, Vanilla, Egg, & Evaporated Milk.
- Place Sweet Potato Mixture in an 8x8 Baking Dish coated with Cooking Spray or Butter.
- Top with the remaining Flour Mixture and Bake at 350 Degrees for approximately 45 minutes, or until topping begins to brown.
- Remove from oven and cool on wire rack for 10 minutes before serving.
This dish serves approximately 8 people, it is easy to double it for a large crowd and place in a 13 x 9 dish, which is what I do for large family dinners like Thanksgiving. Do you have a favorite side dish?
(This dish was inspired by the Sweet Potato Casserole with Praline Topping recipe from The Complete Cooking Light Cookbook, but has been adapted by me)
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I'm starting to get my Thanksgiving menu put together and this looks perfect! Not everyone in my house loves sweet potatoes, but that just means more for me!
Thank you for hosting!
This is a family favorite!
Your recipe makes me so excited for thanksgiving!
Yay! I love Thanksgiving and all the recipes that go along with it :-)
Thank you for hosting. I hope you had a peaceful week!
Thanks for linking up Marilyn!!!
Oh yum! I want to make this for Thanksgiving!
Hope you enjoy it!
This looks delicious! My MIL manages thanksgiving, however this looks like a recipe to use as the basis for the sweet potato casserole if I were in charge of the cooking!
Thank you!
Yum! This looks just like the recipe i make!
Thank You :-)
That looks decadently delicious and perfect for Thanksgiving. Thanks for joining us at Meatless Monday
Thank you!
A nice change from the marshmallows!! Thanks for sharing on the What's for Dinner link up! And thanks for hosting the party too!
Yes, I don't care for the marshmallows, but this I LOVE!!!
You had me at praline topping...#drool.
Enjoy :-)
I love sweet potatoes! This looks fantastic!