Description
Enjoy this Southern Maple Sweet Potato Casserole, a perfect side dish for Thanksgiving. This recipe makes a Simple Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecans and Marshmallows. Try this Make Ahead Sweet Potato Casserole with a delicious Topping For Sweet Potato Casserole.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 large organic sweet potatoes peeled + cubed
- 2–3 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup Almond milk You can use whole milk or your fave plant-based milk
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 4 Tbsps unsalted butter cubed into small pieces
- ⅓ cup organic brown sugar
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Pinch of ground allspice
- 1 cup organic raisins soaked + drained See Notes!
- 2 cups marshmallows
- 1 ½ cups raw pecans
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Toss cubed sweet potatoes with olive oil ground cinnamon and nutmeg until fully coated.
- Arrange sweet potatoes on baking sheet in single layer and bake 50-60 minutes until tender charred and golden.
- Remove sweet potatoes and let cool slightly.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and grease a 9×13 baking dish.
- Combine roasted sweet potatoes milk vanilla brown sugar maple syrup cinnamon nutmeg allspice raisins and marshmallows mixing until combined.
- Spread mixture in baking dish and tuck pieces of butter and extra marshmallows throughout.
- Mix pecans with maple syrup and spread topping over casserole.
- Cover with foil and bake 15 minutes then remove foil and bake 15 more minutes until top is golden brown and marshmallows melted.
- Cool slightly before serving.
Notes
- For crisp tops, broil 2–3 minutes at the end
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8 casserole
- Calories: 187kcal
- Sugar: 32g
- Sodium: 40mg
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.5g + 3g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 0.4g
- Protein: 0.5g