How To Make Browned Butter Sweet Potato Casserole
A creamy sweet potato casserole completes any Thanksgiving table! Enjoy bites of rich butter, gooey sweet marshmallow, and tender potatoes in one dish.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Sweet Potatoes:
- 5lbssweet potatoes
- ½cupsalted butter,diced into 1-inch pieces
- ½cupgranulated sugar
- ¼cuplight brown sugar,packed
- ¼tspsalt
- 3large eggs
- ⅓cupmilk,anything but skim
For Toppings:
- 2cupscorn flakes,crushed
- ½cuppecans,chopped
- ¼cuplight brown sugar,packed
- 3tbspsalted butter,diced into 1-inch pieces
- 3cupsminiature marshmallows
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Pierce each sweet potato several times with a fork and transfer to a rimmed cookie sheet.
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Bake for about 1 hour or until very tender when pierced with a fork.
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Melt ½ cup of butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat and allow to brown, swirling pan occasionally.
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Remove potatoes from the oven and reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
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Cut each potato in half and scoop out the flesh into a large mixing bowl. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher.
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Pour in ½ cup of browned butter, using a rubber spatula to scrape excess butter from the pan, add granulated sugar, ¼ cup of light-brown sugar, and salt then using an electric hand mixer set on low speed, blend together until well combined.
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Add in the eggs and mix until well blended, then pour in the milk and mix until well blended.
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Pour the mixture into a buttered 13×9-inch baking dish and spread into an even layer.
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Brown the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter in a saucepan.
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Pour the crushed cornflakes into a mixing bowl, along with chopped pecans and ¼ cup of light brown sugar, and mix to combine. Pour the browned butter over the mixture and toss to evenly coat.
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Spread mixture into diagonal rows over mashed sweet potato mixture, leaving about a 1½-inch gap between rows.
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Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and rest 5 minutes, then spread marshmallows between rows of cornflake topping.
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Return to oven and bake for about 5 to 10 minutes until marshmallows are melty and lightly golden.
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Serve warm, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 417.94kcal
- Fat: 15.07g
- Saturated Fat: 7.50g
- Trans Fat: 0.43g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.94g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.58g
- Carbohydrates: 67.37g
- Fiber: 6.23g
- Sugar: 30.28g
- Protein: 5.82g
- Cholesterol: 75.15mg
- Sodium: 302.50mg
- Calcium: 83.10mg
- Potassium: 699.83mg
- Iron: 2.91mg
- Vitamin A: 1475.07µg
- Vitamin C: 5.56mg
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