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Low-Fat Topping Options For Sweet Potato Casserole - A sweet potato casserole with pecan and coconut topping. Sweet potato casserole recipe. Sweet Potato-Banana Casserole.
Mike is in charge of making sweet potatoes every Thanksgiving. He made these on Thursday & they were amazing. For those of you who like your sweet potatoes to resemble a vegetable, this recipe is not for you.
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3 large sweet potatoes
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 stick butter, softened
1 t vanilla extract
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Boil potatoes until tender. Remove skins when cooled. Put into a large bowl and whip until fluffy. Add remaining ingredients. Pour into a greased casserole dish & top with Streusel topping. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
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Remove the casserole from the oven. Immediately spread the marshmallows over the top. Let this sit for about 10 minutes, until melted. Serve.
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Oatmeal Streusel Topping
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1/2 cup rolled oats
4 T dark brown sugar
2 T all-purpose flour
1/4 t ground cinnamon
4 T cold butter
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Make the oatmeal streusel by grinding the rolled oats to a fine flour using a food processor. A blender will also work. Combine the oat flour with brown sugar, flour & cinnamon in a small bowl. Cut the cold butter into the dry mixture using a pastry knife or a fork until you have a crumbly mixture with pea-size bits. Sprinkle this oatmeal streusel over the sweet potato mixture
Streusel Topping
1/2 cups pecans, chopped, toasted
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 medium Rome apple, finely chopped
1 tablespoon unsweetened orange juice
1 tablespoon butter, melted
Combine ingredients in a small bowl; set streusel topping mixture aside while you prepare the sweet potatoes.
Prepare potatoes
3 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled, cut in chunks
1/2 cups unsweetened orange juice
3 tablespoons Brandy (optional)
1 teaspoon butter, softened
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/4 teaspoons freshly grated ginger root
1/4 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoons cracked black pepper
3 egg whites
1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium saucepan bring potatoes to a boil; cover and simmer until fork tender; drain. Mash together in a large bowl with 1/2 cup orange juice, brandy, 1 teaspoon butter, orange zest, freshly grated ginger, salt and pepper.
Beat egg whites to soft peaks; slowly add 1/3 cup brown sugar, beating to stiff peaks; fold into the mashed sweet potatoes. Spoon mixture into a greased 2-quart casserole dish; spread the streusel topping evenly over the potato casserole. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30 minutes or until puffed and the streusel is crisp; let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Mike is in charge of making sweet potatoes every Thanksgiving. He made these on Thursday & they were amazing. For those of you who like your sweet potatoes to resemble a vegetable, this recipe is not for you.
.
3 large sweet potatoes
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 stick butter, softened
1 t vanilla extract
.
Boil potatoes until tender. Remove skins when cooled. Put into a large bowl and whip until fluffy. Add remaining ingredients. Pour into a greased casserole dish & top with Streusel topping. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
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Remove the casserole from the oven. Immediately spread the marshmallows over the top. Let this sit for about 10 minutes, until melted. Serve.
.
Oatmeal Streusel Topping
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1/2 cup rolled oats
4 T dark brown sugar
2 T all-purpose flour
1/4 t ground cinnamon
4 T cold butter
.
Make the oatmeal streusel by grinding the rolled oats to a fine flour using a food processor. A blender will also work. Combine the oat flour with brown sugar, flour & cinnamon in a small bowl. Cut the cold butter into the dry mixture using a pastry knife or a fork until you have a crumbly mixture with pea-size bits. Sprinkle this oatmeal streusel over the sweet potato mixture
Streusel Topping
1/2 cups pecans, chopped, toasted
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 medium Rome apple, finely chopped
1 tablespoon unsweetened orange juice
1 tablespoon butter, melted
Combine ingredients in a small bowl; set streusel topping mixture aside while you prepare the sweet potatoes.
Prepare potatoes
3 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled, cut in chunks
1/2 cups unsweetened orange juice
3 tablespoons Brandy (optional)
1 teaspoon butter, softened
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/4 teaspoons freshly grated ginger root
1/4 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoons cracked black pepper
3 egg whites
1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium saucepan bring potatoes to a boil; cover and simmer until fork tender; drain. Mash together in a large bowl with 1/2 cup orange juice, brandy, 1 teaspoon butter, orange zest, freshly grated ginger, salt and pepper.
Beat egg whites to soft peaks; slowly add 1/3 cup brown sugar, beating to stiff peaks; fold into the mashed sweet potatoes. Spoon mixture into a greased 2-quart casserole dish; spread the streusel topping evenly over the potato casserole. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30 minutes or until puffed and the streusel is crisp; let stand 10 minutes before serving.
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