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Sweet Potato Casserole served and ready to eat

Sweet Potato Casserole

Mashed sweet potato topped with a crunchy pecan-brown sugar crumble — a Thanksgiving favourite.

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20 minPrep
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40 minCook
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8Serves
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Ingredients

  • 1.5kg sweet potatoes
  • 80g butter, softened
  • 100ml milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 100g brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • For topping: 100g flour, 100g brown sugar, 80g butter, 100g pecans chopped

Instructions

  1. Boil and mash the sweet potatoes.
  2. Beat in butter, milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon.
  3. Spread in a baking dish.
  4. Mix topping ingredients until crumbly and scatter over.
  5. Bake at 180C for 35-40 minutes until golden and bubbling.
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Tara’s tips

  • Don't over-sweeten the potato — the topping is sugary.
  • Pecans toast as it bakes.

Serving suggestions

  • Lovely warm.

Storage & reheating

Keeps 3 days; reheats well.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.

Frequently asked questions

Use other nuts?

Walnuts work; almonds too.

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