Sliced Candied Sweet Potato Casserole With Maple and Pecans
The best candied sweet potato casserole is an easy side dish to make and is perfect with a brown sugar crunchy topping.
Servings: 8
Calories: 182kcal
Ingredients
- 5 sweet potatoes peeled and sliced
- 8 Tablespoons of melted butter
- 1/2 cup of maple syrup
Topping
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger
- 1/2 cup of brown sugar
- 1/2 cup of chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease an 11-inch by 7-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Peel and slice the sweet potatoes into 1/4-inch thick slices.
- Place the sweet potatoes into a baking dish and line them up.
- Pour the melted butter and maple syrup over the potatoes.
- Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes.
- Just before the potatoes come out of the oven, mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and pecans in a bowl.
- Remove the sweet potatoes from the oven and take off the aluminum foil.
- Sprinkle the brown sugar mixture over the sweet potatoes and return them to the oven, uncovered.
- Bake another 30 minutes and serve.
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Notes
For this recipe, I used a mandolin to cut the sweet potatoes. If you are cutting by hand, try to cut the potatoes evenly so they will bake evenly as well.
I love the full teaspoon of cinnamon, but if you want the maple and sweet potato to come through more, start with ¼ teaspoon.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 38mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g