Today on The Stay At Home Chef
I'm showing you how to make The Best Sweet Potato Casserole.
This sweet potato casserole really is the best.
It's a family favorite that I have been making for years and years.
There's a lot of different versions of this recipe out there.
This is the one that I use.
I make it every Thanksgiving and Christmas
and then maybe a few times in between
because it is my husband's absolute favorite!
The sweet potatoes are soft and sweet and flavorful
and there's a pecan streusel topping that tops it off
and let me tell you: It is amazing!
To start you'll need 4 sweet potatoes.
And you want the kind that have an orange skin and an orange flesh.
It's important to make that distinction
because there may be a couple of things labeled as sweet potatoes in your grocery store.
This is the one you want.
It may also be labeled as a yam
but that's actually not true.
This is not a yam!
It's actually a variety of sweet potato.
Yams are a distant cousin and you've probably actually never eaten a yam
unless you've been to Caribbean nations or African nations
where they do have real yams.
And they are very different than this.
You'll want to peel and dice up your sweet potatoes
into little 1/2 inch to 1 inch cubes.
Once your sweet potatoes are all cut
transfer them to a large pot of boiling water
and we're going to boil these until they are tender.
Once they are nice and soft drain them
and then pour them into a large mixing bowl.
Once those are all in you'll add
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of milk
and 4 tablespoons, or 1/4 cup, of softened butter
Then take a hand mixer and beat this all together.
It already smells so good!
Once your sweet potatoes are nice and creamy
we're going to transfer this all to a 9x13 dish.
You don't even need to grease your dish
you can just pour it in straight.
Once it's all in smooth it out into a nice even layer.
Once that's all smooth we can turn our attention
to making our pecan streusel topping.
It is so good and super simple.
It starts with 1/2 cup of brown sugar
Pour that into another mixing bowl
Along with 1/3 cup of all-purpose flour
and 3 tablespoons of softened butter
and you want to make sure that is really softened
because then you have to use a fork
and mash this all together.
You want to mash that in until it resembles
course crumbs or sand.
Next you'll need 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.
Now I know that the price of nuts is always fluctuating
so you can easily turn this into a walnut streusel
if the price is right.
Just pour that in
and then I use a spoon to stir this all together.
This streusel is seriously the best part.
So good!
Next, just sprinkle it right over the top
of your sweet potatoes in a nice even layer.
I like to make sure that it is well coated
so that no orange is peeking out.
Next we're going to bake this in a 325 degree oven
for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes you are ready to eat!
Thanks for watching!
I hope this sweet potato casserole
is as much of a family favorite in your household
as it is mine.
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