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Maple Smashed Sweet Potato Bake with Spiced Pecan Streusel

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Streusel makes everything taste that much better and this sweet potato recipe is no exception. The perfect dish to feed your family on Thanksgiving!

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Ingredients

  • Sweet Potatoes:
  • 6 large sweet potatoes (4 lb.), peeled and quartered
  • 6 Tbs. butter
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/3 C. whole milk
  • 1/2 C. real maple syrup
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • Spiced Pecan Streusel:
  • 6 Tbs. butter, softened
  • 3/4 C. packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 C. plus 2 Tbs. flour
  • 1 1/4 C. chopped pecans
  • 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp. salt

Directions

To make sweet potatoes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish; set aside. In a large pot of water, bring sweet potatoes to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer 25-30 minutes until tender. Drain well.

Transfer potatoes to a mixer and add butter and salt. Mix until butter is melted. In succession, add milk, syrup and beaten eggs, beating potatoes between additions and scraping down sides of bowl. Mix potatoes until smooth. Transfer potato mixture to reserved baking dish and smooth the top.

To make the topping: In a small bowl, mix butter, brown sugar, flour, pecans, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt well, then sprinkle evenly over potatoes. Bake, uncovered, in preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes, until potatoes are hot through and streusel is toasted and crunchy.

Yield: 8-10 servings

From: Kathy Casey Food Studios

Reviews (1)

  • Has anyone tried this recipe?? I'm not a big sweet potato person...my sister loves them and I'm looking for a good recipe for Thanksgiving.

    Flag as inappropriate jward  |  November 10, 2008