- Today we're making a sweet potato casserole
to end all sweet potato casseroles.
I know it doesn't sound like
the most interesting thing in the world,
but when it's done right,
it is the highlight of any fall meal.
Layers of delicious sweet potatoes,
beautiful little thin apple pieces,
a little sprinkling of brown sugar
with lots of fall spices,
and a drizzle of a bourbon butter.
(moans) Does that sound good?
It's all topped with pecans and little marshmallows
because, hello Autumn.
Okay, let's get started.
I'm peeling two and a half pounds or so of sweet potatoes.
Really easy, vegetable peeler, peel away.
Once your potatoes are peeled
it's time to give them a nice thin slice.
Thin pieces will boil more quickly,
everything will happen in a snap.
You don't wanna wait around all day,
you have things to do.
End pieces go away and we have our nice thin slices
that we'll move to the side.
All right just a little bit of chopping later
let's measure this out and see roughly how much we have.
Every sweet potato is different, it's like snowflakes.
Okay, about two and a half pounds, perfect.
Now for those apples.
Choose any apples you'd like.
I happen to love Honecrrisps but there are many, many, many
varieties that are delicious, except Red Delicious,
thems apples is nasty, okay? (chuckles)
We're gonna peel these up and get to slicing.
If you wanna know how to get a nice apple slice,
this is my opinion.
The easy way is to cut off the quarters around the core,
this is what's left for nibbling, not the garbage.
And then you're just gonna slice the remaining apples,
and you shouldn't have almost any seeds in there,
if you do, you can just notch them out really quickly.
Now let's get to slicing.
The apples can be nice and thin,
or a little bit chunky if you want, it's up to you.
Notice how I'm using my knuckles to guide the knife
and protect my little baby fingers,
no one wants to get these cut.
Boil those sweet potato slices in water
until they're just softened,
you don't want them to be totally mushy, just soft.
I'm gonna melt a quarter cup,
or 52 grams, of unsalted butter
and that was fast.
So now (chuckles) I'm adding in half a teaspoon of vanilla
and I'm gonna eyeball two tablespoons of bourbon.
Bourbon is great to use during the holidays
because you can drink it neat while you cook
and it's delicious.
Give it a little mix, setting it aside,
and now for that brown sugar mixture.
Into a smallish bowl I'm adding
three quarters of a cup of packed brown sugar,
you could use light or dark, it's up to you,
one and a half teaspoons of cinnamon,
half a teaspoon of allspice.
Allspice is one of my favorite spices.
Now let's just mix it up.
Wait, wait, wait.
We're gonna wanna add in
one and a half teaspoons of salt too.
Salt, sweet, we'll make this nice.
Let's mix this up.
This is gonna be crumbled in between the layers
and it's going to make everything so much more delicious.
If you wanna be kind of Spartan you can skip this entirely
and just have the natural flavor of the sweet potatoes
and the apples and maybe other spices in.
Some of you are watching the sugar intake,
so the sugar can be skipped.
You could make a little spice thing
to sprinkle in instead.
My very last prep step is to chop a cup of pecans,
and you can see I measure my cups liberally.
Use more if you'd like, use less if you'd like,
skip them all together if you have a nut allergy.
Onto my chopping board, and just a rough chop.
My nuts are chopped and now I'm gonna set them aside
and begin the assembly.
Add a layer of those sweet potatoes into a casserole dish.
Add a layer of apples.
Sprinkle in that spiced sugar mixture.
And repeat the process.
You can add in butter wherever you'd like,
and you can also add those pecans in, in the middle too.
Once you've gotten to the top,
add one final layer of apples, spiced sugar, butter
and then a nice even layer of those mini marshmallows,
finished off with all those chopped pecans.
They're gonna toast in the oven and be amazing.
When this was in the oven I was beside myself.
It is such an aromatic dish and you're just like,
(sniffing) "Ah it's fall, I'm so happy,
"Where are those changing leaves?"
I live in Los Angeles so that's not gonna happen,
I have to go to the East Coast for some actual seasons.
All right, let's give this a taste,
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oh my gosh, before I take a bite, it's so amazing.
Okay I'll take a bite now, I won't draw it out anymore.
Oh my gosh, those pecans are everything.
I love pecans, they're so toasty.
This creamy marshmallow drizzle thing happening on top
and all those spices, oh my gosh, pure heaven.
I really hope you get to try this recipe, it is simple,
just delicious, and it's really a nice casserole
to bring over to a friends house.
I really hope you get to try this recipe.
Thanks so much for watching.
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